chattels

NOUN

belongings

Synonyms

STRONG

accouterments appurtenances assets effects gear goods paraphernalia property stuff things

WEAK

personal property

NOUN

effects

Synonyms

STRONG

accouterments goods holdings paraphernalia possessions property stuff things trappings

NOUN

estate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

endowment inheritance legacy

STRONG

assets belongings bequest capital devise effects fortune goods heritage patrimony substance

WEAK

earthly possessions

Antonyms

STRONG

poverty

NOUN

goods

Synonyms

STRONGEST

equipment furnishings furniture property

STRONG

appurtenances belongings effects encumbrances gear impedimenta movables paraphernalia stuff things trappings

NOUN

holding

Synonyms

STRONGEST

equity goods ownership property

STRONG

acreage acres assets belongings buildings capital claim dominion effects estate farm freehold home house inheritance land means plot possession premises

WEAK

possessorship proprietar

NOUN

possession

Synonyms

STRONG

accessories appointments appurtenances assets baggage belongings effects equipment estate fixtures furnishings furniture goods impedimenta paraphernalia province settlement territory things trappings tricks wealth

WEAK

real estate tangibles

Antonyms

WEAK

lack need want

NOUN

property

Synonyms

STRONGEST

equity estate farm goods home house land ownership plot tract wealth worth

STRONG

acreage acres assets belongings buildings capital claim dominion effects freehold holdings inheritance means premises proprietary proprietorship realty resources riches substance title

WEAK

possessorship

Antonyms

STRONG

debt

NOUN

things

Synonyms

STRONGEST

stuff

STRONG

baggage clothes conditions duds effects gear goods possessions

NOUN

thing/things

Synonyms

WEAK

apparel attire baggage belongings clothes clothing duds effects equipment gear goods habiliments impedimenta luggage odds and ends paraphernalia personal effects personals property raiment stuff trappings tricks

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Charter Chattels Our predilection for object ownership may be a uniquely human trait.

From Scientific American • Aug. 22, 2011

Take then the Wits, and all their useless Prattles; But as for Fools, they are our Goods and Chattels.

From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II by Summers, Montague

In order to get a few worldly Chattels right at the jump, he sacrifices his Diploma.

From People You Know by Ade, George

Chattels personal are such things as belong immediately to the person of the owner, and for which, if they are injuriously withheld from him, he has no remedy other than by a personal action.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

Chattels die; kinsmen pass away; one dies oneself; but I know something that never dies—the name of the man, for good or bad.

From Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn by Hearn, Lafcadio

chattels

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