private property
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2.8
- noun
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bienes personales
- I suppose you realize this is private property.
- private property rights
- laws protecting private property
- protection of private property
Because part of what's in private property is you keep your hands off my stuff, I keep my hands off your stuff, right?
- Because part of what's in private property is you keep your hands off my stuff, I keep my hands off your stuff, right?
- By owning that private property, you could tap the power of the average consumer.
Examples
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And this white part, this is private property, right?
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The fact remains this is private property and it's gonna stay that way.
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Do you know that this is private property, huh?
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This boat is private property.
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Look, this is private property.
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One of the fundamental rights to be protected is that of private property.
Academic text (2012) -
This is private property, and you're trespassing.
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This is private property.
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This is private property.
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Before entering, make sure you know that this is private property and not open to the public.
Synonyms
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3.5
Small personal items a person carries, like clothes or jewelry
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3.1
Things a person owns that can be moved, like furniture or jewelry
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6.1
Things someone owns that can be moved, not land and buildings, like a car or jewelry
Things a person owns that can be moved, not land or buildings
Antonyms
How Private
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2.8
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2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'private' (belonging to/reserved for specific people) simply modifies 'property' (an asset owned by a person), yielding property owned by an individual or not public. This adjectival construction is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reliably infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Private property comes from the simple idea of things kept by one person. Private means personal and not for everyone, and property means things you own, so the phrase means 'things that belong to one person rather than to everyone'.