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PERSONALTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does personalty mean? 

PERSONALTY (noun)
  The noun PERSONALTY has 1 sense:

1. movable property (as distinguished from real estate)play

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PERSONALTY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Movable property (as distinguished from real estate)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

personal estate; personal property; personalty; private property

Hypernyms ("personalty" 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 "personalty"):

chattel; movable; personal chattel (personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc))

effects; personal effects (property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business)

clobber; stuff (informal terms for personal possessions)


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