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BELONGINGS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone

Example:

he is a man of property

Synonyms:

belongings; holding; property

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("belongings" is a kind of...):

possession (anything owned or possessed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "belongings"):

trust (something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary))

stockholding; stockholdings (a specific number of stocks or shares owned)

heirloom ((law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance)

estate (everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities)

wealth (property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value)

public property (property owned by a government)

trade-in (an item of property that is given in part payment for a new one)

lease; letting; rental (property that is leased or rented out or let)

church property; spirituality; spiritualty (property or income owned by a church)

shareholding (a holding in the form of shares of corporations)

salvage (property or goods saved from damage or destruction)

landholding (a holding in the form of land)

commonage (property held in common)

immovable; real estate; real property; realty (property consisting of houses and land)

things (any movable possession (especially articles of clothing))

personal estate; personal property; personalty; private property (movable property (as distinguished from real estate))

community property (property and income belonging jointly to a married couple)

intellectual property (intangible property that is the result of creativity (such as patents or trademarks or copyrights))

hereditament (any property (real or personal or mixed) that can be inherited)

ratables; rateables (property that provides tax income for local governments)

worldly belongings; worldly goods; worldly possessions (all the property that someone possesses)

material possession; tangible possession (property or belongings that are tangible)

Derivation:

belong (be owned by; be in the possession of)

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