property

property
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. quality, characteristic; ownership; possession, real estate, land; (pl.) props, stage settings, stage furniture. See drama, qualification.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Possession]
Syn. belongings, lands, assets, holdings, inheritance, capital, equity, investments, goods, chattel, earthly possessions, real property, personal property, taxable property, resources, private property, public property, wealth; see also business 5 , estate 1 , farm , home 1 .
2. [A piece of land]
Syn. lot, section, quarter section, estate, tract, part, realty, real estate, subdivision, farm, park, ranch, homestead, yard, grounds, frontage, acres, acreage, premises, campus, grant, landed property, field, claim, holding, plot, leasehold, freehold; see also lot 1 .
3. [Characteristic]
Syn. attribute, quality, feature, trait; see characteristic , quality 1 .
See Synonym Study at quality .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. possessions belongings, *things, *stuff, holdings, effects, goods, assets, wealth.
2. real estate land, acreage, estate, plot, lot, house.
3. characteristic quality, feature, attribute, trait, distinction, mark, trademark.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. One's portable property: belonging (often used in plural), effect (used in plural), good (used in plural), lares and penates, personal effects, personal property, possession (used in plural), thing (often used in plural). Informal: stuff. Law: chattel, movable (often used in plural). See OWNED. 2. Something, as land and assets, legally possessed: estate, holding (often used in plural), possession (used in plural). See LAW, OWNED. 3. Usually extensive real estate: acre (often used in plural), estate, land. See OWNED. 4. A distinctive element: attribute, character, characteristic, feature, mark, peculiarity, quality, savor, trait. See BE.

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