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chattel

/ˈtʃætəl/

C1CEFR level
80/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

An item of personal property other than land.

The lease listed every chattel included in the sale.

Similar: belongings, movables

Origin: Old French chatel 'property'.

Topic: Property in Legal English

Business noun

An item of movable personal property, as distinguished from real estate.

The curtains and freestanding wardrobes were treated as chattels and excluded from the sale price.

Topic: Real estate & property in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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