chattel
Tangible, movable propertyTangible, movable property.
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» Indentured servitude is often contrasted with chattel slavery.
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Examples
3 sentencesIndentured servitude is often contrasted with chattel slavery.
Indentured servitude and chattel slavery are two completely different things.
He treats them like chattel.
Meaning
2 sensesTangible, movable property.
Habe, bewegliches Gut
движимое иму́ществоdvižimoje imúščestvo
рухо́містьruxómistʹ, рухо́ме майно́ruxóme majnó
personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc.)
A slave.
рабrab
неві́льникnevílʹnyk, неві́льницяnevílʹnycja, рабrab
Origin
From Middle English chatel, from Old French chatel, from Medieval Latin capitāle (EnglishFrom Middle English chatel, from Old French chatel, from Medieval Latin capitāle (English capital), from Latin capitālis (“of the head”), from caput (“head”) + -alis (“-al”). Compare the doublet cattle (“cows”), which is from an Anglo-Norman variant. Compare also capital and kith and kine (“all one’s possessions”), which also use “cow” to mean “property”.
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Forms
plural: chattelsSynonyms
2 synonyms- personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc.):personal chattelmovable
Word family
9 related wordsSee also
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