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bezit — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • asset noun Something valuable that a person, company, or country owns or controls.
  • chattel noun An item of movable personal property, such as furniture, livestock or a vehicle, as distinct from land and buildings.
  • estate noun A large area of land, usually with a big house, owned by one person or family.
  • possession noun Something that a person owns.
  • property noun Something that a person or organization owns, especially land, buildings, or possessions.
  • tenure noun The period of time someone holds a job, office, or position.

Senses

bezit is used for these senses in English:

  • chattel Tangible, movable property.
  • estate The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person. [from 19th c.]
  • estate (legal) The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land. [from 15th c.]
  • possession Ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own.
  • property Something that is owned.
  • tenure A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.

asset — full definition

  1. noun Something valuable that a person, company, or country owns or controls.
  2. noun A useful quality, skill, or person that helps achieve something.

chattel — full definition

  1. noun An item of movable personal property, such as furniture, livestock or a vehicle, as distinct from land and buildings.
  2. noun A person treated as the outright property of another, especially an enslaved person.

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