See possession in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
The fact of possessing or the legal right to possess something:
dominion, ownership, proprietorship, title. See ownedOne's portable property.
Used in plural: belonging (often used in plural), effect (used in plural), good (used in plural), lares and penates, personal effects, personal property, property, thing (often used in plural). (Informal) stuff. (Law) chattel, movable (often used in plural). See ownedSomething, as land and assets, legally possessed.
Used in plural: estate, holding (often used in plural), property. See law, ownedAn area subject to rule by an outside power:
colony, dependency, province, territory. See politics
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