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PERSONAL EFFECTS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does personal effects mean?
• PERSONAL EFFECTS (noun)
The noun PERSONAL EFFECTS has 1 sense:
1. property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business
Familiarity information: PERSONAL EFFECTS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
effects; personal effects
Context example:
I watched over their effects until they returned
Hypernyms ("personal effects" is a kind of...):
personal estate; personal property; personalty; private property (movable property (as distinguished from real estate))
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