chattel
/ˈtʃætəl/
noun
- A piece of personal property that can be moved, such as furniture, livestock, or a car.
- In the old days, a farmer's chattel included his tools and animals.
- The insurance policy covers all household chattel like electronics and furniture.
- When they moved, they sold most of their chattel and kept only essentials.
- A person who is treated as the property of another, like a slave.
- Historians study how people were reduced to chattel in oppressive systems.
- The law declared that no person could be held as chattel.
- Under slavery, human beings were considered chattel and could be bought and sold.
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