property
Something that is owned.
Noun 4 meanings
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.”
Real estate; the business of selling houses.
“He works in property as a housing consultant.”
The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.
Etymology
From Middle English propertee, properte, propirte, proprete, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French propreté, proprieté (“propriety, fitness, property”), from Latin proprietās (“a peculiarity, one's peculiar nature or quality, right or fact of possession, property”), from proprius (“special, particular, one's own”).
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PROPERTY at a glance
PROPERTY has 8 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (P 3 + R 1 + O 1 + P 3 + E 1 + R 1 + T 1 + Y 4) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #779 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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