chattel

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Noun chattel has 1 sense

chattel, personal chattel - personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
--₁ is a kind of personal property, personal estate, personalty, private property

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Chattel

Noun (singular):

A chattel refers to a personal possession or movable property that is not land or buildings.

Example sentence: The antique furniture in the living room is considered as valuable chattel.

Noun (plural):

Chattels are personal belongings or possessions that are movable and not attached to land or buildings.

Example sentence: The family packed their chattels into a moving van to relocate to another city.

Adjective:

As an adjective, chattel describes something that is characterized by being movable property or personal possession.

Example sentence: The court ruled in favor of the plaintiff, stating that the disputed item was indeed a chattel belonging to the defendant.

Verb:

In rare usage, chattel can also be used as a verb, meaning to treat someone as a piece of property.

Example sentence: Slavery was an abhorrent practice where individuals were chattelized and treated as mere chattel.