As a mass noun: that which one possesses; property, wealth, substance collectively. Obsolete.
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释义 | the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > a person's collective property or substance (21) thingOE As a mass noun: that which one possesses; property, wealth, substance collectively. Obsolete. chattela1240 Property; goods; money; = cattle, n. I. Obsolete. cattlec1275 Property, substance; strictly personal property or estate, wealth, goods. Obsolete. i-wonc1275 Fortune, substance, property. moneya1325 Means of payment considered as representing value or purchasing power; the power of purchase or means of exchange represented by coins, banknotes… tilea1325 ? Gain, profit; wealth, possessions, goods. statec1330 Property, possessions; a person's private means or income; = estate, n. 12. Now rare (English regional in later use). thrifta1350 Savings, earnings, gains, profit; acquired wealth, estate, or substance. archaic. (Cf. frugality, n. c.) substancea1382 One's material possessions or the value assigned to these; goods, estate; means, wealth. Now somewhat archaic. chevance1477 concrete. Acquired wealth, fortune, estate. graith?a1513 Possessions in general; wealth, money. Obsolete. estate1563 Property, possessions, fortune, capital. Cf. 2 archaic in general sense. wortha1586 The amount of money or possessions a person has; possessions, property, assets. See also net worth n. at net, adj. compounds. thrive1592 Thriving; profit: = thrift, n.1 1 2. fortune1596 Position as determined by wealth; amount of wealth; concrete a person's possessions collectively, wealth, ‘substance’; †formerly also plural in… store1600 A person's collective possessions; accumulated goods or money. †to gather to store: to hoard up money. boodle1699 North American (New York) and Caribbean (Guyana). A person's property or possessions; an estate. Obsolete. circumstancea1704 esp. Condition or state as to material welfare, means. Now always plural. in easy circumstances, good circumstances, reduced circumstances, straitene… Subcategories:— the whole of one's property or possessions (3) |
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