Phrase guide

personal property

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any property that is movable, that is, not real estate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: law

Examples

  • The lawyers were on about the common law around personal property.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: personalty

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: property

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any property that belongs to one person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: non-legal

Examples

  • That pasture is the boss's own personal property. No company cattle and no one else's animals are allowed down there without his written permission.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: private property, property

3

noun

Meaning 3

movable property (as distinguished from real estate)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: personal estate, personalty, private property

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: property, belongings, holding

Narrower terms: chattel, personal chattel, movable, effects, personal effects, stuff, clobber

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: շարժական գույք (šaržakan guykʻ) — any property that is movable
  • Breton: mad heloc'h — any property that is movable
  • Czech: movitost — any property that is movable
  • Dutch: roerend goed — any property that is movable
  • Finnish: irtaimisto — any property that is movable
  • French: bien meuble — any property that is movable
  • Galician: ben móbel — any property that is movable
  • German: bewegliche Sache — any property that is movable
  • German: Fahrnis — any property that is movable
  • Greek: κινητή περιουσία (kinití periousía) — any property that is movable
  • Hindi: चल संपत्ति (cal sampatti) — any property that is movable
  • Hindi: जंगम संपत्ति (jaṅgam sampatti) — any property that is movable
  • Irish: maoin phearsanta — any property that is movable
  • Italian: bene mobile — any property that is movable
  • Polish: ruchomość — any property that is movable
  • Portuguese: bem móvel — any property that is movable
  • Russian: дви́жимость (dvížimostʹ) — any property that is movable
  • Spanish: bien mueble — any property that is movable
  • Turkish: kişisel mülkiyet — any property that is movable
  • Udmurt: ас асъет (as asjet) — any property that is movable