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Meaning property meaning

What does property mean?
Definitions in simple English

property

Property is a thing or things that belong to someone; things that someone owns. This house is now my property. I've finished paying for it. A property is a quality that something has; a way that something is. One good property of this coat is that it keeps rain out.

property

something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone that hat is my property he is a man of property a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class a study of the physical properties of atomic particles (= place) any area set aside for a particular purpose who owns this place? the president was concerned about the property across from the White House a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished self-confidence is not an endearing property (= prop) any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie before every scene he ran down his checklist of props

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Topics property topics

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Simple sentences

I buy my silver from a man who has a mine on his property.
I entrusted my property to the lawyer.
Property is theft.
Tom drank away all his property.
You establish the property right by paying for it.
The storm did great damage to her property.
He claimed that the enormous property was at his disposal.
The property was purchased with laundered political money.
This land is my property.
The property was divided equally among the heirs.
Soap has the property of removing dirt.
He has designs on your property.
She defrauded me of my property.
She owns a large property.
Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.
No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.
In some societies, wives are still considered the property of their husbands.
The property is mine.
The division of the property was a bone of contention between the brothers.
The eldest son succeeded to all the property.
He passed his property on to his son.
He handed over all his property to his son.
They have no claim to the property.

Movie subtitles

If it has the property of light, then reflection is also possible.
Zero! Return that unit! That machine is the property of our military.
I'm a property lawyer.
What does? Pete has a property development on the outskirts.
Any luck with crazy Pete's property venture? Uh, yeah.
Sold property.
We found several corpses on the property.
I beg to inform you that the administration of your property in the Rue de Varennes will require your immediate presence.
Whoever took up arms against us may pay a ransom of ten pieces of gold, to enjoy freedom, along with his wife and children, and all their property.
Accompanied by Marcasse, Bernard wanders among the ruins of Mauprat and views his new property. A local farmer's daughter is their guide.
Trouble with the Property Men.
The Circus prospered, but not the property man. And the girl led the same hard life.
But of course, all property owners will be allowed to vote on the size of their pipe.
Well, anyhow, you wired me about some property.
These darn nomads don't respect private property.
It lies next to my property.
Before we left, we bought a piece of property outside New York up on the Hudson.
The police appeal to the public to keep calm and to admit uniformed search parties to all property.
You may thank your lucky stars they sent for me to safeguard life and property.
A lady should know her own property.
My property?
Why shouldn't Pierre have her, or Roch, or Jacob. since she's as much their property as yours?
Now, my captain. since you covet our joint property of war, you may have her. providing you're willing to buy her.
Now, Wolf, will you be so kind as to take my property aboard ship?
Which reminds me 10 coconuts, Crown property, were stolen on your watch.
You stole Crown property more valuable.
Gudule and the Weasel didn't hesitate to poach on Justin's property.
And a mighty fine piece of property you got there, buddy.
Property man.
Now if you will just put your name to this merely a release of the property to me while we're waiting for the contracts.
National Weekly is a great piece of property right now, and with our editorial and promotion machine, we could build it into the largest five-cent weekly in the country.
Mrs. Warriner, step up and tell me why you regard the dog. as your personal property, so the court may decide if he should remain with you.
Would you come and identify your property, Mr Murphy?
I wants my property.
They're company property.
That's Claggett's property, and he ain't gonna sell to nobody.
These may have been the jewels of the Grand Duchess Swana. but like all private property, they were confiscated by the State.
Comrade Iranoff, go to the public library. and get me the section of the Civil Code on property.

News and current affairs

It captured our attention because it was so bad in terms of lives and property damage.
As a result, its stock market is frothy, and it is experiencing an alarming property boom.
The proper economic policy was to teach people to venerate the throne (so that they would respect property), the paternal hearth (so that they would not marry imprudently young), and the religious altar (so that they would fear pre-marital sex).
Many members of this group honor the institution of private property, and Ahmadinejad's talk of redistributing wealth is not to their liking.
The fall in property prices was modest relative to Ireland and Spain, and, because there was no construction boom, there was no construction bust.
He is robbed of his property by the corrupt mayor, who is paid by the Orthodox Church for the right to build a new church on Nikolay's land.
We need to consider such issues in trying to understand why, for example, Italian voters last month rejected the sober economist Mario Monti, who forced austerity on them, notably by raising property taxes.
Lackluster enforcement of intellectual property rights exacerbates the problem considerably, hampering US exports of software and entertainment.
Naturally, members of the old establishment, with their inside knowledge and connections, gained much of the privatized property.
China is rife with overinvestment in physical capital, infrastructure, and property.
This trend will likely continue to play a big role over the next decade as China's 200million strong middle class sets out to become real property owners.
The state's role is to protect, enforce, and regulate these contracts and related property rights, as well as to intervene to prevent systemic failure.
But if China wants a dynamic innovation system, it should resist pressure by Western governments to adopt the kind of unbalanced intellectual property laws that are being demanded.
But it is important to have an innovation system (including an intellectual property regime) that ensures that advances in knowledge are widely used.
Feeding a girl is seen as effectively looking after someone else's property.
Obviously, the legacy of colonialism - widespread hunger, illiteracy, lack of property or legal recourse, and vulnerability to state violence - is a major factor in their current poverty.
Because of this property, superconductors have unique features that can be exploited in many ways.
The expenses and pressure of the dowry system, and the fact that, in most joint families, only sons inherit property and wealth, contribute to this favoritism.
Daughters, who live with their in-laws after they marry, are viewed as amanat - someone else's property.
Culturally, she feels that she does not have an equal claim on her father's property.
Outsourcing and intellectual property. Notwithstanding some recent modest improvements in the US labor market, America's job situation remains terrible.
And they have not stopped innovative Western companies from putting their intellectual property and new technologies on the line in China in order to deliver spectacular new products to US customers (think Apple).
If a homeowner defaults, creditors can take the house, but they cannot take other property or income to make up any unpaid balance.
Unless US military action is seen as actually protecting the lives and property of the Iraqi and Syrian people, the US will quickly lose the propaganda war to the Islamic state.
Following years of mismanagement and reckless lending, the bank was the first big victim of the commercial property market's decline in 1990.
Property, construction, and land are the common currencies of power in mafia societies - in China and Russia no less than in Sicily.
As migrants move between markets with well-defined property rights, immigration in principle is beneficial for both the immigrants and the target country.

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