movables

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Normally the capital receives about 14 million visitors annually; this year 17 million are expected, and already 10,000 tourists are trooping through the White House every day, eyeing the movables.

From Time Magazine Archive

From the very moment when private property in movables developed there had to be ethical sanctions of general effect in all communities in which private property prevailed, thus: Thou shalt not steal.

From Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" by Engels, Friedrich

Simple, serviceable movables fall into few kinds: the box, cupboard, and table, the stool, bench, and chair.

From Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society by Various

At any rate, they led him to the belief that the diamonds were in the thief's rooms, but not among his movables, or they would have been found after the arrest.

From Chronicles of Martin Hewitt by Morrison, Arthur

At the request of the king, who offered Gregory the bribe of a tenth on all movables throughout his kingdom, he set aside the choice of the chapter and nominated Richard Grant to the archbishopric.

From The English Church in the Middle Ages by Hunt, William