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noun possessions ADJ. personal, private | common, public | intellectual Companies should protect their intellectual property with patents and trademarks. | stolen | lost I phoned the lost property office to see if someone had found my bag. VERB + PROPERTY dispose of The market was known as a place where people disposed of stolen property. PROPERTY + NOUN rights The firm was found to have infringed intellectual property rights. land/building ADJ. freehold, leasehold | adjacent, adjoining, neighbouring | detached, semi-detached | two-bedroom, three-bedroom, etc. | business, commercial, hotel, residential | investment | private | council, council-owned | family VERB + PROPERTY hold, own | acquire, buy, invest in, purchase | inherit | sell | lease, let, rent out They decided to rent out the property while they were abroad. | rent living in rented property | view We have a potential buyer who wants to view the property. | value The property was valued at £250,000. | put on the market Once the tenants have left, the property will be put on the market. PROPERTY + NOUN market, prices, values | company, developer | owner | tax | boundary PHRASES a man/woman of property Now that you've paid off your mortgage, how does it feel to be a woman of property? characteristic ADJ. biological, chemical, electrical, magnetic, mechanical, physical | antiseptic, health-giving, medicinal The medicinal properties of the leaves of this tree have been known for centuries. | observable | individual | general
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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property
[ uncountable ] the things that a person, organization etc owns:
• He left most of his property to his grandaughter. • They were arrested and charged with damaging school property.
possessions
[ plural ] all the things that you own or have with you at a particular time:
• He sold all his possessions and left the country. • The prisoners were allowed to have few personal possessions.
belongings
[ plural ] things you own such as clothes, books etc, especially things you take with you when travelling:
• I quickly packed a few of my belongings in an overnight bag.
things
[ plural ] spoken ( also stuff [ uncountable ] informal ) small things you own, such as clothes, books etc:
• Don’t leave your things all over the floor! • I’ve got so much stuff, I don’t know where to put it all.
valuables
[ plural ] things that you own that are worth a lot of money and may get stolen, for example jewellery or cameras:
• The advice from police is: if you have valuables don’t leave them in the car. • Keep valuables like TVs and computer equipment out of sight.
personal effects
[ plural ] formal small things you own – used especially when there is an accident, a robbery, or the person who owns them dies:
• The insurance policy covers baggage and personal effects – up to £1,000 per person. • After Turing’s death in 1954, his mother received his personal effects, including the Order of the British Empire, awarded in 1946 for his code work. • Sections of aircraft wreckage and personal effects were scattered all around.
assets
[ plural ] houses, land, shares etc that a person or organization owns and would be able to sell if they needed money – used especially in legal or business contexts:
• Many homeowners now have assets of over £234,000 in the value of their home alone. • financial assets such as bonds and shares
Longman-Thesaurus
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verbs
buy/sell (a) property
• Buying a property is a complicated business.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + property
detached
especially British English (= not joined to another house )
• It is a modern detached property with five bedrooms.
semi-detached
British English (= joined to one other house )
• This semi-detached property is located in one of the most sought-after areas of the town.
a three-bedroom/four-bedroom etc property
• Four-bedroom properties are usually ideal for families.
a desirable property
• It is a desirable property with a south-facing garden.
commercial property
(= buildings used by businesses )
• The bombs caused damage to commercial property.
residential property
(= buildings that people live in )
• The site proposed for the factory is too near to residential property.
private property
• The land on the other side of the gate is private property.
property + NOUN
property prices
• Property prices are much lower here than in London.
the property market
• There were no signs of an upturn in the property market.
a property owner
• It makes sense for property owners to extend their houses rather than move.
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adjectives
physical properties
• What are the physical properties of metals?
chemical properties
• They grouped the known elements by chemical properties.
electrical properties
• Each type of cell has distinct electrical properties.
magnetic properties
• the magnetic properties of iron and nickel
optical properties
• These minerals have similar optical properties.
healing/medicinal properties
• The old women know about the healing properties of local herbs.
health-giving properties
• They believed that the water had special health-giving properties.
antiseptic properties
• This plant has mild antiseptic properties.
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