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property
 
NOUN:1. One's portable property: belonging (often used in plural), effect (used in plural), good (used in plural), lares and penates, personal effects, personal property, possession (used in plural), thing (often used in plural). Informal : stuff. Law : chattel, movable (often used in plural). See OWNED. 2. Something, as land and assets, legally possessed: estate, holding (often used in plural), possession (used in plural). See LAW, OWNED. 3. Usually extensive real estate: acre (often used in plural), estate, land. See OWNED. 4. A distinctive element: attribute, character, characteristic, feature, mark, peculiarity, quality, savor, trait. See BE.
 
 
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