as in things
transportable items that one owns
any personal property that is left in the lockers overnight will be impounded
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Recent Examples of personal property
The Board of Education would be responsible for allocating the original district’s debt and personal property equitably between the two new ones, as well.
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Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Mar. 2025
According to the Department of Revenue, these items are not tangible personal property nor specific digital goods and are therefore not taxable.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
This includes things such as medication, vital documents, and other personal property that is vital for the unhoused person's health, safety, and access to resources...
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
There’s also residual income from her acting work and other personal property.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2025
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Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Mar. 2025
According to the Department of Revenue, these items are not tangible personal property nor specific digital goods and are therefore not taxable.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
This includes things such as medication, vital documents, and other personal property that is vital for the unhoused person's health, safety, and access to resources...
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
There’s also residual income from her acting work and other personal property.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for personal property
Recent Examples of Synonyms for personal property
Noun
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The challenge has always been to figure out how to personalize things without spending inordinate amounts of time and money mapping out every possible path a student might take.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
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As a business owner, higher profit margins, all other things being equal, are more valuable.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Court records show that Wegman had been arrested three weeks prior as well and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Every night, my father turned that tiny space into an office, sitting cross-legged in a wide armchair, hunched over the coffee table that held our most valuable possession, a new IBM Selectric typewriter.—
Philip J. Deloria,
The Atlantic,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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All of this stuff goes back to last year’s legal challenge against the legality of the Premier League’s APT regulations, which was, legally, entirely separate to the ongoing saga related to the 130 charges against City.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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This is stuff that happens in our business all the time.—
Fred Bronson,
Billboard,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Personal property.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personal%20property. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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