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prop·er·ty
(prŏp′ər-tē)n. pl. prop·er·ties
1.
a. Something owned; a possession.
b. A piece of real estate: has a swimming pool on the property.
c. Something tangible or intangible to which its owner has legal title: properties such as copyrights and trademarks.
d. Something tangible or intangible, such as a claim or a right, in which a person has a legally cognizable, compensable interest.
e. Possessions considered as a group: moved with all his property.
2. A theatrical prop.
3. An attribute, characteristic, or quality: a compound with anti-inflammatory properties. See Synonyms at quality.
[Middle English proprete, properte, from Anglo-Norman properte and Old French proprete, alterations (influenced by Anglo-Norman Old French propre, one's own) of Old French propriete, from Latin proprietās, specific character (of a person or thing), ownership, property (formed on the model of Greek idiotēs, specific character, from idios, one's own), from Latin proprius, one's own; see per in Indo-European roots.]
prop′er·ty·less adj.
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propertyless
(ˈprɒpətɪlɪs)adj
without property
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Adj. | 1. | propertyless - of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers; "party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shaw low-class, lower-class - occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society |
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