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
Assets passed down will include cash and other liquid assets, stocks and bonds, real estate, business interests, retirement accounts, other investments, and personal property.
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Medora Lee, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Created in 2014 through House Bill 800, Texas' R&D tax credit encourages economic development by offering qualifying entities either a sales tax exemption on personal property used in research or a franchise tax credit based on research expenses.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
While equipment and other tangible personal property qualified for bonus depreciation, the buildings themselves did not.
—Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Sellers often throw in personal property to sweeten the deal or lighten their moving load.
—Dana Bull, CNBC, 28 July 2025
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Medora Lee, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Created in 2014 through House Bill 800, Texas' R&D tax credit encourages economic development by offering qualifying entities either a sales tax exemption on personal property used in research or a franchise tax credit based on research expenses.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
While equipment and other tangible personal property qualified for bonus depreciation, the buildings themselves did not.
—Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Sellers often throw in personal property to sweeten the deal or lighten their moving load.
—Dana Bull, CNBC, 28 July 2025
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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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She’s charged with accessory after the fact to a second-degree felony, violation of probation and possession of marijuana less than 20 grams.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
13 Aug. 2025
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Initally Cyprien's mother was charged with felony meth possession and gun theft while his father was arrested on an outstanding probation violation warrant from Texas and a domestic violence assault warrant in Nashville.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The pure stuff of Padres relievers makes a slump less likely, too.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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As far as material, obviously the stuff from the new album, and then there might be a few new songs and there might be a few covers.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Personal property.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personal%20property. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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