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单词 chattel
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chattel

(tʃætəl)
Word forms: plural chattels
variable noun
Chattels are things that belong to you.
[old-fashioned]
They were slaves, to be bought and sold as chattels.

chattel in British English

(ˈtʃætəl)
noun
1. (often plural) property law
a.  chattel personal
b.  chattel real
2.  goods and chattels
Word origin
C13: from Old French chatel personal property, from Medieval Latin capitāle wealth; see capital1

chattel in American English

(ˈtʃætəl)
noun
1. 
a. 
a movable item of personal property, as a piece of furniture, an automobile, or a head of livestock
: in full chattel personal
b. 
any interest in real estate less than a freehold
: in full chattel real
2. 
a slave
Word origin
ME chatel < OFr: see cattle

Examples of 'chattel' in a sentence
chattel

I pitied them both, so young and so publicly displayed, the wealth of two folks offered to one another as chattel for an alliance.
Robin Hobb THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN (2002)
of the image of a young woman, given like a chattel to a man who could do exactly what he liked with her.
Harris, Elizabeth TIME OF THE WOLF (2002)
She would be his chattel or his wife, or whatever it was he wanted, and he felt blessed.
Pacter, Trudi YELLOW BIRD (2002)
"You speak of her as if she is a chattel of Drogheda," he said, his voice now harsh.
Colleen McCullough THE THORN BIRDS (2002)

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