properties

noun

Something that is owned.

A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.

(British) Real estate; the business of selling houses.

The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.

An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.

An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.

(computing) An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class; especially (object-oriented programming) one that encapsulates an underlying variable.

(US) A script, book, screenplay, or the like that is on the market or has been bought for commercial production as a stage play, movie, or the like.

(usually in the plural, theater) A prop, an object used in a dramatic production.

(US, by extension, rare) A produced stage play, movie, or the like.

(obsolete) Propriety; correctness.

verb

(obsolete) To invest with properties, or qualities.

(obsolete) To make a property of; to appropriate.

Roots

propriusproper- · Latin · one's own

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