personal property
Any property that is movable, that is, not real estateAny property that is movable, that is, not real estate.
» These dance shoes are my personal property.
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2 senses(countable, uncountable)Any property that is movable, that is, not real estate.
The lawyers were on about the common law around personal property.
bewegliche Sache, Fahrnis
дви́жимостьdvížimostʹ
movable property (as distinguished from real estate)
(countable, uncountable)Any property that belongs to one person.
That pasture is the boss's own personal property. No company cattle and no one else's animals are allowed down there without his written permission.
Examples
4 sentencesThese dance shoes are my personal property.
The school should do more to prevent personal property being stolen.
Capitalism can't exist without the concept of personal property.
Resources everyone uses should be community property. Personal items can continue to be personal property.
Translations
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Forms
plural: personal properties| Singular | personal property |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- movable property (as distinguished from real estate):personal estatepersonaltyprivate property
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.