| property | |
| 1. n. Something that is owned. | |
| Leave those books alone! They are my property. | |
| Important types of property include real property (land), personal property (other physical possessions), and intellectual property (rights over artistic creations, inventions, etc.). | |
| 2. n. A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land. | |
| There is a large house on the property. | |
| 3. n. Real estate; the business of selling houses. | |
| He works in property as a housing consultant. | |
| 4. n. The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing. | |
| 5. n. An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept. | |
| Charm is his most endearing property. | |
| 6. n. An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects. | |
| Matter can have many properties, including color, mass and density. | |
| 7. n. (computing) An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class, or the value of such a parameter. | |
| You need to set the debugging property to "verbose". | |
| 8. n. (usually in the theater) A prop, an object used in a dramatic production. | |
| Costumes and scenery are distinguished from property properly speaking. | |
| 9. n. (obsolete) Propriety; correctness. | |
| 10. v. (obsolete) To invest with properties, or qualities. | |
| 11. v. (obsolete) To make a property of; to appropriate. | |
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