property

About 87.21 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Something that is owned.

   Leave those books alone! They are my property.

2. noun A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.

   There is a large house on the property.

3. noun Real estate; the business of selling houses.

   He works in property as a housing consultant.

4. noun The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.
5. noun An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.

   Charm is his most endearing property.

6. noun An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.

   Matter can have many properties, including color, mass and density.

7. noun An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class; especially one that encapsulates an underlying variable.

   You need to set the debugging property to "verbose".

8. noun A prop, an object used in a dramatic production.

   Costumes and scenery are distinguished from property properly speaking.

Similar words

holding attribute place prop dimension belongings material possession proprietorship possession ownership

Often followed by

of and in is rights to was or that

Word family

properties propertyless propertylessness propertylessnesses