property
/ˈpɹɑ.pɚ.ti/ noun B1- Something that is owned. · Leave those books alone! They are my property.
- A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land. · There is a large house on the property.· He owns over ten properties in the country.
- The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.
- An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept. · Charm is his most endearing property.
- An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects. · Matter can have many properties, including color, mass and density.
- An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class; especially (object-oriented programming) one that encapsulates an underlying variable. · You need to set the debugging property to "verbose".
- A prop, an object used in a dramatic production. · Costumes and scenery are distinguished from property properly speaking.
- 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.
Plural properties
From the library
This agreement being made, the Physician, time after time, applied his salve to her eyes, and on every visit took something away, stealing all her property little by little.
When the vicarage caught fire he distinguished himself also by the fearlessness with which he reentered the building to save property, after the local fire brigade had given it up as impossible.
Now, excuse the indiscretion, marquis, but have you any landed property?”
For a day or two we were busily employed in unpacking and laying out our property to the best advantage.
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