Any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone

BELONGINGS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does belongings mean?

1. something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone

Familiarity information: BELONGINGS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

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

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

he is a man of property

Hypernyms («belongings» is a kind of. ):

possession (anything owned or possessed)

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

salvage (property or goods saved from damage or destruction)

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)

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

landholding (a holding in the form of land)

commonage (property held in common)

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

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)

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

But in examining his belongings I was fortunate enough to discover not only the method of the crime, but even its motives.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mercury will retrograde in your travel sector, so be sure to double-check you have all your belongings before leaving a plane, train, or taxi, and try not to book connecting flights.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The hunters had packed their belongings with similar haste.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Kind-hearted citizens caught the dogs and gathered up the scattered belongings.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

We soldered up the leaden coffin, screwed on the coffin-lid, and gathering up our belongings, came away.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Close contact or sharing personal belongings, such as hats or hairbrushes, puts people at risk.

(Head Lice, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

And in her zeal, when she had finished with her own, she attacked the belongings of her men and went through them like a tornado.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

There are many belongings that he must have somewhere; why not in this place so central, so quiet, where he come and go by the front or the back at all hour, when in the very vast of the traffic there is none to notice.

holding (n.)

early 13c., «act of holding;» mid-15c. as «that which is held,» verbal noun of hold (v.). Old English healding meant «keeping, observance.» As a football (soccer) penalty, from 1866. Meaning «property held,» especially stock shares, is from 1570s. Holding operation is from 1942.

«in possession of narcotics,» 1935, special use of present-participle adjective from hold (v.).

Entries linking to holding

Based on the Gothic sense (also present as a secondary sense in Old English), the verb is presumed originally in Germanic to have meant «to keep, tend, watch over» (as grazing cattle), later «to have.» Ancestral sense is preserved in behold. The original past participle holden was replaced by held beginning 16c., but survives in some legal jargon and in beholden.

The modern use in the sense «lock up, keep in custody» is from 1903. Hold back in the figurative senses is from 1530s (transitive); 1570s (intransitive). To hold off is early 15c. (transitive), c. 1600 (intransitive). Hold on is early 13c. as «to maintain one’s course,» 1830 as «to keep one’s grip on something,» 1846 as an order to wait or stop.

To hold (one’s) tongue «be silent» is from c. 1300. To hold (one’s) own is from early 14c. To hold (someone’s) hand in the figurative sense of «give moral support» is from 1935. To hold (one’s) horses «be patient» is from 1842, American English; the notion is of keeping a tight grip on the reins. To have and to hold have been paired alliteratively at least since c. 1200, originally of marriage but also of real estate. To hold water in the figurative sense «be sound or consistent throughout» is from 1620s.

HEIRLOOM

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Dictionary entry overview: What does heirloom mean?

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

2. something that has been in a family for generations

Familiarity information: HEIRLOOM used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

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

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms («heirloom» is a kind of. ):

belongings; holding; property (something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone)

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Holonyms («heirloom» is a part of. ):

heritage; inheritance (that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner)

Something that has been in a family for generations

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms («heirloom» is a kind of. ):

heritage; inheritance (that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner)

This morning I wrote to my banker in London to send me certain jewels he has in his keeping,—heirlooms for the ladies of Thornfield.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The rare version of TomLoxC was found in only 2 percent of older or heirloom cultivated large tomato varieties, although the version was present in 91 percent of currant-sized wild tomatoes, primarily Solanum pimpinellifolium, the wild predecessor of the cultivated tomato.

(Tomato Pan-Genome Makes Bringing Flavor Back Easier, Agricultural Research Service)

If you work in an industry that deals with historical artifacts, landmark buildings, estates, or antiques and heirlooms, you will also have a good chance of meeting someone on or near the weekend of November 24.

PROPERTY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does property mean?

1. something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone

2. a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class

3. any area set aside for a particular purpose

4. a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished

5. any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie

Familiarity information: PROPERTY used as a noun is common.

Dictionary entry details

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

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

he is a man of property

Hypernyms («property» is a kind of. ):

possession (anything owned or possessed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of «property»):

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)

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)

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

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)

A basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

a study of the physical properties of atomic particles

Hypernyms («property» is a kind of. ):

attribute (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of «property»):

physical property (any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions)

analyticity (the property of being analytic)

chemical property (a property used to characterize materials in reactions that change their identity)

sustainability (the property of being sustainable)

strength (the property of being physically or mentally strong)

concentration (the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume)

weakness (the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain)

temporal property (a property relating to time)

viability ((of living things) capable of normal growth and development)

spatial property; spatiality (any property relating to or occupying space)

magnitude (the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small))

degree; grade; level (a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality)

size (the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing))

hydrophobicity (the property of being water-repellent; tending to repel and not absorb water)

compositeness (the property of being a composite number)

primality (the property of being a prime number)

selectivity (the property of being selective)

vascularity (the property being vascular)

extension (the ability to raise the working leg high in the air)

solubility; solvability (the property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it possible to solve)

insolubility; unsolvability (the property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it impossible to solve)

edibility; edibleness (the property of being fit to eat)

bodily property (an attribute of the body)

actinism (the property of radiation that enables it to produce photochemical effects)

isotropy; symmetry ((physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions)

anisotropy (the property of being anisotropic; having a different value when measured in different directions)

characteristic; device characteristic (any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions)

connectivity (the property of being connected or the degree to which something has connections)

duality; wave-particle duality ((physics) the property of matter and electromagnetic radiation that is characterized by the fact that some properties can be explained best by wave theory and others by particle theory)

genetic endowment; heredity (the total of inherited attributes)

age (how long something has existed)

fashion; manner; mode; style; way (how something is done or how it happens)

body; consistence; consistency; substance (the property of holding together and retaining its shape)

disposition (a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing)

feel; tactile property (a property perceived by touch)

visual property (an attribute of vision)

sound property (an attribute of sound)

fullness; mellowness; richness (the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing)

taste property (a property appreciated via the sense of taste)

saltiness (the property of containing salt (as a compound or in solution))

Any area set aside for a particular purpose

Nouns denoting spatial position

the president was concerned about the property across from the White House

Hypernyms («property» is a kind of. ):

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of «property»):

hatchery (a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs))

sanctuary (a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept)

colony (a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated)

boatyard (a place where boats are built or maintained or stored)

center; centre (a place where some particular activity is concentrated)

A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

self-confidence is not an endearing property

Hypernyms («property» is a kind of. ):

concept; conception; construct (an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of «property»):

character; lineament; quality (a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something)

characteristic; feature (a prominent attribute or aspect of something)

feature; feature of speech ((linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind)

Any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie

Nouns denoting man-made objects

before every scene he ran down his checklist of props

Hypernyms («property» is a kind of. ):

object; physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of «property»):

custard pie (a prop consisting of an open pie filled with real or artificial custard; thrown in slapstick comedies)

Holonyms («property» is a part of. ):

mise en scene; setting; stage setting (arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted)

And there was no settlement of the little property—the house and garden—the what’s-its-name Rookery without any rooks in it—upon her boy?

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The sodium salt of methotrexate, an antimetabolite with antineoplastic and immunomodulating properties.

(Methotrexate Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

White Fang remained on the Yukon, the property of a man more than half mad and all brute.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Had life been wrecked as well as property?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

It is a family living, Miss Morland; and the property in the place being chiefly my own, you may believe I take care that it shall not be a bad one.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

I put it to your conscience, whether ‘Sir Edmund’ would not do more good with all the Bertram property than any other possible ‘Sir.’

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

A synthetic corticosteroid with anti-inflammatory and immunomodulating properties.

(Methylprednisolone, NCI Thesaurus)

I cannot make her attend to the value of the property.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

When their size changes, their properties also change.

(Materials for the next generation of electronics and photovoltaics, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

You seem to be thinking quite a bit about your home or other property you might own.

TRUST

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Dictionary entry overview: What does trust mean?

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

2. certainty based on past experience

3. the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others

4. a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service

5. complete confidence in a person or plan etc

6. a trustful relationship

Familiarity information: TRUST used as a noun is common.

1. have confidence or faith in

2. allow without fear

3. be confident about something

4. expect and wish

5. confer a trust upon

6. (chiefly archaic) extend credit to

Familiarity information: TRUST used as a verb is common.

Dictionary entry details

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

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

he is the beneficiary of a generous trust set up by his father

Hypernyms («trust» is a kind of. ):

belongings; holding; property (something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of «trust»):

inter vivos trust; living trust (a trust created and operating during the grantor’s lifetime)

voting trust (an agreement whereby persons owning stock with voting powers retain ownership while transferring the voting rights to the trustees)

savings account trust; savings bank trust; Totten trust; trust account; trustee account (a savings account deposited by someone who makes themselves the trustee for a beneficiary and who controls it during their lifetime; afterward the balance is payable to the previously named beneficiary)

testamentary trust (a trust that is created under a will and that becomes active after the grantor dies)

spendthrift trust (a trust created to maintain a beneficiary but to be secure against the beneficiary’s improvidence)

discretionary trust (a trust that gives the trustee discretion to pay the beneficiary as much of the trust income as the trustee believes appropriate)

direct trust; express trust (a trust created by the free and deliberate act of the parties involved (usually on the basis of written documentation))

implied trust (a trust inferred by operation of law)

Clifford trust; grantor trust (a trust established to shift the income to someone who is taxed at a lower rate than the grantor for a period of 10 years or more)

charitable trust; public trust (a trust created for charitable or religious or educational or scientific purposes)

passive trust (a trust in which the trustee performs no active duties)

blind trust (a trust that enables a person to avoid possible conflict of interest by transferring assets to a fiduciary; the person establishing the trust gives up the right to information about the assets)

active trust (a trust in which the trustee must perform certain duties)

Certainty based on past experience

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun

Hypernyms («trust» is a kind of. ):

certainty (the state of being certain)

trust (be confident about something)

The trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity

Hypernyms («trust» is a kind of. ):

trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of «trust»):

credulity (tendency to believe readily)

distrust (the trait of not trusting others)

trust (confer a trust upon)

trusty (worthy of trust or belief)

A consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly

Hypernyms («trust» is a kind of. ):

consortium; pool; syndicate (an association of companies for some definite purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of «trust»):

drug cartel (an illicit cartel formed to control the production and distribution of narcotic drugs)

oil cartel (a cartel of companies or nations formed to control the production and distribution of oil)

Complete confidence in a person or plan etc

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust

Hypernyms («trust» is a kind of. ):

belief (any cognitive content held as true)

trust (have confidence or faith in)

trusty (worthy of trust or belief)

A trustful relationship

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

he betrayed their trust

Hypernyms («trust» is a kind of. ):

friendly relationship; friendship (the state of being friends (or friendly))

trust (confer a trust upon)

trusty (worthy of trust or belief)

Have confidence or faith in

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

We can trust in our government

Hypernyms (to «trust» is one way to. ):

believe (accept as true; take to be true)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to «trust»):

credit (have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of)

lean (rely on for support)

Sam cannot trust Sue

distrust; mistrust (regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in)

trust (complete confidence in a person or plan etc)

Allow without fear

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to «trust» is one way to. ):

They trust him to write the letter

Be confident about something

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

I believe that he will come back from the war

Hypernyms (to «trust» is one way to. ):

anticipate; expect (regard something as probable or likely)

trust (certainty based on past experience)

truster (a supporter who accepts something as true)

Expect and wish

Verbs of feeling

I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise

Hypernyms (to «trust» is one way to. ):

wish (hope for; have a wish)

Confer a trust upon

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

I commit my soul to God

Hypernyms (to «trust» is one way to. ):

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to «trust»):

commend (give to in charge)

charge; consign (give over to another for care or safekeeping)

obligate (commit in order to fulfill an obligation)

trust (the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others)

trust (a trustful relationship)

trustee (members of a governing board)

trustee (a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another’s benefit)

(chiefly archaic) extend credit to

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

don’t trust my ex-wife; I won’t pay her debts anymore

Hypernyms (to «trust» is one way to. ):

lend; loan (give temporarily; let have for a limited time)

commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))

archaicism; archaism (the use of an archaic expression)

Not to advertise: and to trust this quest of a situation to me.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

He was sure no Houyhnhnm alive could make such a vessel, nor would trust Yahoos to manage it.

(Gulliver’s Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

People who know you, trust you, and had a good experience with you will likely welcome the opportunity to work with you again.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I trust to being in charity with her soon.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

I trust that you had no more of those nervous attacks.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

«And I venture to trust we may not,» I observed.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She would trust her mother’s judgment in this as she had always trusted it in all things.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

With such powers as his, however, and such a disposition as hers, Edmund trusted that everything would work out a happy conclusion.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

I would tell you where, for I trust you, but it’d make jealousy among the mates.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

A person whom an individual knows, likes, and trusts.