Meaning of property In English

• 0 an object or objects that belong to someone:

  • The club does not accept responsibility for loss of or damage to club members' personal property.

  • Both books have "Government property" stamped inside them.

  • Children need to be taught to have respect for other people's property.

  • He owns a number of properties on the south coast.

  • The notice said "Private property - keep off!"

  • Yes, I've bought my own house - I'm now a man/woman of property!

• 1 a quality in a substance or material, especially one that means that it can be used in a particular way:

  • One of the properties of copper is that it conducts heat and electricity very well.

  • We value herbs for their taste, but we forget that they also have medicinal properties.

• 2 a thing or things owned by someone; a possession or possessions:

  • [ U ] The books are the property of the public library.

  • [ C ] He owns some valuable waterfront properties.

• 3 a quality that something has:

  • Wool has excellent properties for clothing, since it can keep you warm while letting air in.

• 4 an object or objects that belong to someone:

  • They haven't yet learnt to respect people's property.

  • Accepting stolen property is against the law.

  • The phones are considered to be the property of the company.

• 5 a building or area of land that someone owns:

  • The number of properties coming on to the market in June increased at the fastest rate since May last year.

  • buy/sell a property When the owner died, the family sold the property.

  • a business/investment/residential property

  • a hotel/retail/office property

• 6 buildings and land, considered as things to be bought and sold:

  • They made their money in property.

  • buy/invest in/own property The university owns a lot of property in this part of town.

  • The expense to each property owner will be more than $200,000.

  • Property prices are very high in that area.