Chattels
[tʃætlz]
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. Goods, effects, furniture, movables, movable property.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Effects, goods, wares, movables, furniture
ANT:Freehold
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Examples
- Is the absence of unlimited proprietary rights felt more strongly in the case of personal chattels (such as furniture and ornaments) than in the case of land or machinery? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The proprietor had left the town with all his goods and chattels, and where he had gone I could not positively ascertain from any one. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The master and mariners, knowing this offence, forfeit all their goods and chattels, and suffer three months imprisonment. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He likewise forfeits to the king all his lands, goods, and chattels; is declared an alien in every respect; and is put out of the king's protection. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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