possession
Definitions of possession
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anything owned or possessedsynonyms: propriététypes:propriétésomething owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someoneéchangea possession whose ownership changes or lapsesspiritualitéproperty or income owned by a churchlocationproperty that is leased or rented out or letpropriété publiqueproperty owned by a governmentrichesseproperty that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange valueacquisitionsomething acquiredallocation(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyancebiens volésproperty that has been stolenbien héréditaire, héritage, legsthat which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the ownerpertesomething that is lostressourceavailable source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when neededinvestissementmoney that is invested with an expectation of profitsauvegardedefense against financial failure; financial independencesécuritéproperty that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligationressources matériellesassets in the form of material possessionscapitalwealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic valuetrustsomething (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)créditmoney available for a client to borrowdettemoney or goods or services owed by one person to anotherchargefinancial liabilities (such as a tax)
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the act of retaining something
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a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a classsynonyms: propriététypes:héréditéthe total of inherited attributesagehow long something has existedcorpsthe property of holding together and retaining its shapepropriété visuellean attribute of visionpropriété sonorean attribute of soundpropriété gustativea property appreciated via the sense of tastepropriété physiquean attribute of the bodypropriété physiqueany property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactionsforcethe property of being physically or mentally strongconcentrationthe strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volumefaiblessethe property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strainpropriété temporellea property relating to timepropriété spatialeany property relating to or occupying spacegrandeurthe property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)mesure, taillethe property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing)sélectivitéthe property of being selectivequalitéa degree or grade of excellence or worthanciennetéthe quality of being old; the opposite of newnessnouveautéthe quality of being new; the opposite of oldnessvieillessethe opposite of youngnessjeunessethe opposite of oldnessstylethe style of a particular artist or school or movementajustementthe manner in which something fitsstyle de viea manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudestouchea distinguishing stylestructurethe manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its partsgénotypethe particular alleles at specified loci present in an organismviscositéresistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow)épaisseurresistance to flowdouceurthe property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or moldedtendancea characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effecttouchethe feel of mechanical actiontexturethe feel of a surface or a fabriclueurthe visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in picturesmanque d'éclata lack of visual brightnesscoloration, couleura visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflectpropriété de couleuran attribute of colorsilencethe absence of soundmusicalitéthe property of sounding like musicharmoniean agreeable sound propertydissonancedisagreeable soundstimbre(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)épicethe property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavoreddouceurthe property of tasting as if it contains sugaramertumethe property of having a harsh unpleasant tastecaractère désagréablethe property of being unacceptable to the mouthembonpointexcess bodily weightmaigreurthe property of having little body fatpropriété physiologiquea property having to do with the functioning of the bodyrefletthe ability to reflect beams or raystempératurethe degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)perceptibilitéthe property of being perceptible by the mind or the sensesinvisibilitéthe quality of not being perceivable by the eyelueurthe quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting lightimperceptibilitéthe quality of not being perceptible by the earsensibilitéthe ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differencesélasticitéthe tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressedplasticitéthe property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breakingrigiditéthe lack of elasticitypoidsthe property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational fieldpoidsthe vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravitymusclespossessing muscular strengthvigueuractive strength of body or mindrobustessethe property of being strong and healthy in constitutionresistancethe power to withstand hardship or stressinvulnérabilitéthe property of being invulnerable; the property of being incapable of being hurt (physically or emotionally)intensitéhigh level or degree; the property of being intensefragilitélack of physical strengthvulnérabilitésusceptibility to injury or attackordre temporelarrangement of events in timeduréecontinuance in timevitessethe relative speed of progress or changedimensionthe spatial property of having dimensionsformeany spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)concordance, symétrie(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or planeasymétrie(mathematics) a lack of symmetryordrea degree in a continuum of size or quantitydimensionthe magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)profondeurdegree of psychological or intellectual profundityamplitudegreatness of magnitudeintensitéthe amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)modérationquality of being moderate and avoiding extremesétenduethe distance or area or volume over which something extendslongueurthe linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in placetype of:attributan abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
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something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someonesynonyms: propriététypes:spiritualitéproperty or income owned by a churchlocationproperty that is leased or rented out or letpropriété publiqueproperty owned by a governmentrichesseproperty that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange valuetrustsomething (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)domaine, propriétéextensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own usetemporelthe worldly possessions of a churchsous-locationa lease from one lessee to anotherterrethe land on which real estate is locatedargentwealth reckoned in terms of moneytype of:propriétéanything owned or possessed
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the act of having and controlling property
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