n.
(pl. properties)
- a thing or things belonging to someone.
- a building and the land belonging to it.
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(properties)
shares or investments in property.
- Law ownership.
- a characteristic of something.
- old-fashioned term for prop2.
Etymology
ME: from an Anglo-Norman Fr. var. of OFr. propriete, from L. proprietas, from proprius (see proper).