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Holding

of Hold

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Narrower term 17

Commonage 76% connected

The right of pasturing on a common; the right of using anything in common with others.

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Estate 76% connected

Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation.

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Heirloom 76% connected

Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law or special custom descends to the heir along with the inheritance; any piece of personal pr…

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Hereditament 76% connected

Any species of property that may be inherited; lands, tenements, anything corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed, that may descend to an…

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Immovable 76% connected

Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of material things; as, an immovable foundatin.

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Lease 76% connected

To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean.

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Letting 76% connected

of Let

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Personalty 76% connected

The state of being a person; personality.

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Realty 76% connected

Royalty.

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Rental 76% connected

A schedule, account, or list of rents, with the names of the tenants, etc.; a rent roll.

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Salvage 76% connected

The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea.

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Spirituality 76% connected

The quality or state of being spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly-mindedness.

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Spiritualty 76% connected

An ecclesiastical body; a spirituality.

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Storage 76% connected

The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe keeping; also, the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse.

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Trust 76% connected

Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; relia…

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Wealth 76% connected

Weal; welfare; prosperity; good.

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Withholding 76% connected

of Withhold

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Ownership 76% connected

The state of being an owner; the right to own; exclusive right of possession; legal or just claim or title; proprietorship.

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Possession 76% connected

The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.

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Keeping 92% connected

of Keep

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Property 92% connected

That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as,…

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Retention 92% connected

The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined.

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