property
• noun (pl. properties) 1 a thing or things belonging to someone. 2 a building and the land belonging to it. 3 Law the right to the possession, use, or disposal of something; ownership. 4 a characteristic: a perfumed oil with calming properties. 5 old-fashioned term for PROP2. — ORIGIN Latin proprietas, from proprius ‘one’s own, special’.
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