property
♦♦ prop|er|ty /pr'ɒpərti/ (properties)
1 [N-UNCOUNT] usu with poss
Someone's property is all the things that belong to them or something that belongs to them. (FORMAL)
Richard could easily destroy her personal property to punish her for walking out on him...
Security forces searched thousands of homes, confiscating weapons and stolen property.
2 [N-VAR]
A property is a building and the land belonging to it. (FORMAL)
This vehicle has been parked on private property.
3 [N-COUNT] usu pl
The properties of a substance or object are the ways in which it behaves in particular conditions.
A radio signal has both electrical and magnetic properties.lost prop|er|ty
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Lost property consists of things that people have lost or accidentally left in a public place, for example on a train or in a school.
Lost property should be handed to the driver.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
Lost property is a place where lost property is kept. (BRIT; in AM, use lost and found)
I was enquiring in Lost Property at Derby.pub|lic prop|er|ty
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Public property is land and other assets that belong to the general public and not to a private owner.
...vandals who wrecked public property...
≠ private property
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
If you describe a person or thing as public property, you mean that information about them is known and discussed by everyone.
She complained that intimate aspects of her personal life had been made public property.real prop|er|ty
[N-UNCOUNT]
Real property is property in the form of land and buildings, rather than personal possessions. (AM)
= real estate
1 [N-UNCOUNT] usu with poss
Someone's property is all the things that belong to them or something that belongs to them. (FORMAL)
Richard could easily destroy her personal property to punish her for walking out on him...
Security forces searched thousands of homes, confiscating weapons and stolen property.
2 [N-VAR]
A property is a building and the land belonging to it. (FORMAL)
This vehicle has been parked on private property.
3 [N-COUNT] usu pl
The properties of a substance or object are the ways in which it behaves in particular conditions.
A radio signal has both electrical and magnetic properties.lost prop|er|ty
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Lost property consists of things that people have lost or accidentally left in a public place, for example on a train or in a school.
Lost property should be handed to the driver.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
Lost property is a place where lost property is kept. (BRIT; in AM, use lost and found)
I was enquiring in Lost Property at Derby.pub|lic prop|er|ty
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Public property is land and other assets that belong to the general public and not to a private owner.
...vandals who wrecked public property...
≠ private property
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
If you describe a person or thing as public property, you mean that information about them is known and discussed by everyone.
She complained that intimate aspects of her personal life had been made public property.real prop|er|ty
[N-UNCOUNT]
Real property is property in the form of land and buildings, rather than personal possessions. (AM)
= real estate