belongings

/bəˈlɑŋɪŋz/

/bɪˈlɒŋɪŋz/

Definitions of belongings

1. noun

   something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone
   synonyms: holding, property

   types:

   material possession, tangible possession

   property or belongings that are tangible

   worldly belongings, worldly goods, worldly possessions

   all the property that someone possess

   ratables, rateables

   property that provides tax income for local governments

   hereditament

   any property (real or personal or mixed) that can be inherited

   intellectual property

   intangible property that is the result of creativity (such as patents or trademarks or copyrights)

   community property

   property and income belonging jointly to a married couple

   personal estate, personal property, personalty, private property

   movable property (as distinguished from real estate)

   things

   any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

   immovable, real estate, real property, realty

   property consisting of houses and land

   commonage

   property held in common

   landholding

   a holding in the form of land

   salvage

   property or goods saved from damage or destruction

   shareholding

   a holding in the form of shares of corporations

   church property, spirituality, spiritualty

   property or income owned by a church

   lease, letting, rental

   property that is leased or rented out or let

   trade-in

   an item of property that is given in part payment for a new one

   public property

   property owned by a government

   wealth

   property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value

   estate

   everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities

   heirloom

   (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance

   stockholding, stockholdings

   a specific number of stocks or shares owned

   trust

   something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)

   asset

   a valuable item that someone owns

   chattel, movable, personal chattel

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

   effects, personal effects

   property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business

   acres, demesne, estate, land, landed estate

   extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

   temporality, temporalty

   the worldly possessions of a church

   benefice, ecclesiastical benefice

   an endowed church office giving income to its holder

   car rental, hire car, rent-a-car, self-drive, u-drive, you-drive

   a rented car

   sublease, sublet

   a lease from one lessee to another

   land

   the land on which real estate is located

   dead hand, mortmain

   real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation)

   money

   wealth reckoned in terms of money

   clobber, stuff

   informal terms for personal possessions

   gross estate

   the total valuation of the estate's assets at the time of the person's death

   net estate

   the estate remaining after debts and funeral expenses and administrative expenses have been deducted from the gross estate; the estate then left to be distributed (and subject to federal and state inheritance taxes)

   estate for life, life estate

   (law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it

   jointure, legal jointure

   (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower

   active trust

   a trust in which the trustee must perform certain duties

   blind trust

   a trust that enables a person to avoid possible conflict of interest by transferring assets to a fiduciary; the person establishing the trust gives up the right to information about the assets

   passive trust

   a trust in which the trustee performs no active duties

   charitable trust, public trust

   a trust created for charitable or religious or educational or scientific purposes

   Clifford trust, grantor trust

   a trust established to shift the income to someone who is taxed at a lower rate than the grantor for a period of 10 years or more

   implied trust

   a trust inferred by operation of law

   direct trust, express trust

   a trust created by the free and deliberate act of the parties involved (usually on the basis of written documentation)

   discretionary trust

   a trust that gives the trustee discretion to pay the beneficiary as much of the trust income as the trustee believes appropriate

   inter vivos trust, living trust

   a trust created and operating during the grantor's lifetime

   spendthrift trust

   a trust created to maintain a beneficiary but to be secure against the beneficiary's improvidence

   testamentary trust

   a trust that is created under a will and that becomes active after the grantor dies

   Totten trust, savings account trust, savings bank trust, trust account, trustee account

   a savings account deposited by someone who makes themselves the trustee for a beneficiary and who controls it during their lifetime; afterward the balance is payable to the previously named beneficiary

   voting trust

   an agreement whereby persons owning stock with voting powers retain ownership while transferring the voting rights to the trustees

   type of:

   possession

   anything owned or possessed