chattel

n. 动产, 奴隶 [经] 动产

发音

US /ˈt͡ʃæt.l̩/

词形变化

chattels 复数 chattels

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Tangible, movable property.

  2. 2.

    A slave.

    Not all his servants and chattels are wraiths!

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

movable

上位词 4

personal estate personal property personalty private property

相关短语

chattel paper chattel papers chattel house chattel slavery chattel houses chattel slaveries human chattel

词源

From Middle English chatel, from Old French chatel, from Medieval Latin capitāle (English capital), from Latin capitālis (“of the head”), from caput (“head”) + -alis (“-al”). Compare the doublet cattle (“cows”), which is from an Anglo-Norman variant. Compare also capital and kith and kine (“all one’s possessions”), which also use “cow” to mean “property”.

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