Definitions
Things or land owned by a person or group.
Word origin
From Middle English propertee, properte, propirte, proprete, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French propreté, proprieté (“propriety, fitness, property”), from Latin proprietās (“a peculiarity, one's peculiar nature or quality, right or fact of possession, property”), from proprius (“special, particular, one's own”). Equivalent to proper + -ty. Doublet of propriety.
Used in a sentence
“Leave those books alone! They are my property.”
“Important types of property include real property (land), personal property (other physical possessions), and intellectual property (rights over artistic creations, inventions, etc.).”
“A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Real estate or possessions”8 letters
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