property

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Something that is owned.

   “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.”

2. (countable, uncountable)A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.

   “There is a large house on the property.”

   “He owns over ten properties in the country.”

3. (British, countable, uncountable)Real estate; the business of selling houses.

   “He works in property as a housing consultant.”

4. (countable, uncountable)The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.
5. (countable, uncountable)An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.

   “Charm is his most endearing property.”

   “Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.”

6. (countable, uncountable)An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.

   “Matter can have many properties, including color, mass and density.”

   “Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.”

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

   “You need to set the debugging property to "verbose".”

8. (countable, plural-normally, uncountable)A prop, an object used in a dramatic production.

   “Costumes and scenery are distinguished from property properly speaking.”

9. (US, countable, uncountable)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.
10. (US, broadly, countable, rare, uncountable)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.

    “Is the property in which you are playing currently on Broadway – is it a musical?”

11. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Propriety; correctness.

    “it is well knowne that I have the property to keepe counsaile”

verb

1. (obsolete)To invest with properties, or qualities.

   “His voyce was propertied As all the tuned Spheres, and that to Friends”

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

   “Your grace shall pardon me, I will not back: I am too high-born to be propertied, To be a secondary at control, Or useful serving-man and instrument, To any sovereign state throughout the world.”