Dictionary
prop•er•ty
Pronunciation: (prop'ur-tē), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -ties.
1. that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner:
They lost all their property in the fire.
2. goods, land, etc., considered as possessions:
The corporation is a means for the common ownership of property.
3. a piece of land or real estate:
property on Main Street.
4. ownership; right of possession, enjoyment, or disposal of anything, esp. of something tangible:
to have property in land.
5. something at the disposal of a person, a group of persons, or the community or public:
The secret of the invention became common property.
6. an essential or distinctive attribute or quality of a thing:
the chemical and physical properties of an element.
7. Logic.
a. any attribute or characteristic.
b. (in Aristotelian logic) an attribute not essential to a species but always connected with it and with it alone.
8. Also called
prop. a usually movable item, other than costumes or scenery, used on the set of a theater production, motion picture, etc.; any object handled or used by an actor in a performance.
9. a written work, play, movie, etc., bought or optioned for commercial production or distribution.
10. a person, esp. one under contract in entertainment or sports, regarded as having commercial value:
an actor who was a hot property at the time. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
