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chattel

chat·tel

chattel

 
 
pronunciation:
chae tl
features:
Word Combinations (noun)
part of speech: noun
definition 1: any article of property not attached to lands or buildings; movable property.
The cargo hold was filled with whatever chattel the immigrants managed to take with them on the voyage.
similar words:
belonging
definition 2: a slave.
The women and children were sold as chattel.
similar words:
slave
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