PERSONAL CHATTEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does personal chattel mean? 

• PERSONAL CHATTEL (noun)
  The noun PERSONAL CHATTEL has 1 sense:

1. personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)

  Familiarity information: PERSONAL CHATTEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERSONAL CHATTEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

chattel; movable; personal chattel

Hypernyms ("personal chattel" is a kind of...):

personal estate; personal property; personalty; private property (movable property (as distinguished from real estate))

Domain category:

auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)

article of furniture; furniture; piece of furniture (furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy)