Property Definition
prŏpər-tē
properties
noun
properties
The right to possess, use, and dispose of something; ownership.
Property in land.
Webster's New World
Something, as a piece of writing, in which copyright or other rights are held, specif., one acquired for production as a film.
Webster's New World
A thing or things owned; possessions collectively; esp., land or real estate owned.
Webster's New World
Something tangible or intangible to which its owner has legal title.
Properties such as copyrights and trademarks.
American Heritage
A specific piece of land or real estate.
Webster's New World
verb
(obsolete) To invest with properties, or qualities.
Wiktionary
(obsolete) To make a property of; to appropriate.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Property
Noun
Singular:
property
Plural:
propertiesOrigin of Property
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Middle English from Old French propriete from Latin proprietās ownership (translation of Greek idiotēs) from proprius one's own per1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English /Anglo-Norman proprete, from Middle French propreté, from Old French propriete (modern propriété), itself, from Latin proprietas, from proprius 'own'.
From Wiktionary
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