personalty

[ pur-suh-nl-tee ]

/ ˈpɜr sə nl ti /

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noun, plural per·son·al·ties.Law.

personal estate or property.

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Origin of personalty

1600–10; <Anglo-French personalte<Late Latin persōnālitāspersonality

Words nearby personalty

personal space, personal staff, personal stereo, personal stylist, personal trainer, personalty, personal watercraft, persona non grata, personate, person-day, personhood

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How to use personalty in a sentence

Rosenwald said some of the rhetoric of conservative talk personalties is driven by a chicken-and-egg issue.
Four conservative radio talk-show hosts bashed coronavirus vaccines. Then they got sick.|Paul Farhi|September 1, 2021|Washington Post
It is interpreted so as to give, in many cases, more to the eldest son than the real estate and his share of the personalty.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 393, July 1848|Various
She can with such money acquire personalty or realty, over the former of which she has absolute control.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 1|Various
(b.) if personalty yields the same income, or is of the capital value of four thousand pounds or upwards, free of all charges.
England's Case Against Home Rule|Albert Venn Dicey

No inconsiderable part of this personalty was invested in shipping and manufacturing.
Union and Democracy|Allen Johnson
The assessment of the realty was made in 1853; that of the personalty is made in March of each year.
The Impending Crisis of the South|Hinton Rowan Helper

British Dictionary definitions for personalty

personalty

/ (ˈpɜːsənəltɪ) /

noun plural -ties

law another word for personal property

Word Origin for personalty

C16: from Anglo-French, from Late Latin persōnālitās personality

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