Definitions for property

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property prop·er·ty

Spelling: [prop-er-tee]

IPA: /ˈprɒp ər ti/

Property is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 166 anagrams from letters in property (eopprrty).

Definitions for property

noun

1. that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner:
2. goods, land, etc., considered as possessions:
3. a piece of land or real estate:
4. ownership; right of possession, enjoyment, or disposal of anything, especially of something tangible:
5. something at the disposal of a person, a group of persons, or the community or public:
6. an essential or distinctive attribute or quality of a thing:
7. Logic. any attribute or characteristic. (in Aristotelian logic) an attribute not essential to a species but always connected with it and with it alone.
8. Also called prop. a usually movable item, other than costumes or scenery, used on the set of a theater production, motion picture, etc.; any object handled or used by an actor in a performance.
9. a written work, play, movie, etc., bought or optioned for commercial production or distribution.
10. a person, especially one under contract in entertainment or sports, regarded as having commercial value:

Origin of property

1275-1325; Middle English proprete possession, attribute, what is one's own, equivalent to propre proper + -te -ty². See Examples for property

Last week, property owners were beaten by security guards as they confronted a real-estate developer who defrauded them.

When the police showed up, it was the property owners who were arrested.

The property of the country belongs to the people of the country.

In a Mass for his security teams, he said he wanted them to be more than protectors of property.

The twin entrepreneurs and stars of HGTV's property Brothers will be taking your questions live on Tuesday, December 16 at 2pm.

He wished to have the property and lives of the people of England entirely at his own disposal.

I often said, 'It does not really belong to us, and we are living in luxury from the property of another.

These are the property of peasant-owners, who dispose of their crops here and at Langogne.

We employ inventory management to help solidify their property and make sure they have a better record of their possessions.

We have seen this unique book (now the property of Mr. Sam: Timmins).