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chattel

chat·tel
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [chat-l]
    • /ˈtʃæt l/
    • /ˈtʃæt.əl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [chat-l]
    • /ˈtʃæt l/

Definitions of chattel word

  • variable noun chattel Chattels are things that belong to you. 3
  • noun chattel a movable item of personal property, as a piece of furniture, an automobile, or a head of livestock 3
  • noun chattel any interest in real estate less than a freehold 3
  • noun chattel a slave 3
  • noun chattel Law.. Often, chattels. a movable article of personal property. 1
  • noun chattel Often, chattels. any article of tangible property other than land, buildings, and other things annexed to land. 1

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Origin of chattel

First appearance:

before 1175
One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English chatel < Old French. See cattle

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Parts of speech for Chattel

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

chattel popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

chattel usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for chattel

noun chattel

  • goods — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
  • slave — a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.
  • gear — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
  • wares — Plural form of ware.
  • effects — something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.

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