property

Meaning

1. Something that is owned.
2. A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.
3. Real estate; the business of selling houses.
4. The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.
5. An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.
6. An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.
7. An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class.
8. A prop, an object used in a dramatic production.
9. A script, book, screenplay, or the like that is on the market or has been bought for commercial production as a stage play, movie, or the like.
10. A script, book, screenplay, or the like that is on the market or has been bought for commercial production as a stage play, movie, or the like.
11. (obsolete) Propriety; correctness.

estate

wealth

gadget

distinctive feature

king’s ransom

distinguishing quality

wing flat

fixes assets

plot of land

property asset

propriety

characteristic feature

caliber

possesions

hoarded wealth

personal belongings

piece of real estate

real state

wealthy person

one’s nature

Frequency

Hyphenated as

prop‧erty

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹɒp.ə.ti/

From Middle English propertee, properte, propirte, proprete, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French propreté, proprieté (“propriety, fitness, property”), from Latin proprietās (“a peculiarity, one's peculiar nature or quality, right or fact of possession, property”), from proprius (“special, particular, one's own”). Equivalent to proper + -ty. Doublet of propriety.

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