material possession

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• material possession — noun property or belongings that are tangible • Syn: ↑tangible possession • Hypernyms: ↑property, ↑belongings, ↑holding …   Useful english dictionary

• possession — pos‧ses‧sion [pəˈzeʆn] noun 1. [countable] something that someone owns: • It s vital to insure your possessions for the journey to your new home. 2. [uncountable] the state of having or owning something: • What happens if the buyer has… …   Financial and business terms

• possession — Having control over a thing with the intent to have and to exercise such control. Oswald v. Weigel, 219 Kan. 616, 549 P.2d 568, 569. The detention and control, or the manual or ideal custody, of anything which may be the subject of property, for… …   Black's law dictionary

• possession */*/ — UK [pəˈzeʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms possession : singular possession plural possessions 1) [countable, usually plural] something that you own Their family home and possessions were destroyed in the fire. all your worldly possessions (=… …   English dictionary

• possession — noun 1 having/owning sth ADJECTIVE ▪ exclusive, sole ▪ They had exclusive possession of the property as tenants. ▪ illegal, unlawful (esp. BrE) (both law) ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• possession — n. 1) to get, take possession of 2) material possessions 3) in possession of * * * [pə zeʃ(ə)n] take possession of in possessionof material possessions to get …   Combinatory dictionary

• material — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 cloth ADJECTIVE ▪ coarse, rough, thick ▪ fine, silky, soft, thin ▪ woven …   Collocations dictionary

• possession — Synonyms and related words: aberration, abnormality, accessories, acquest, acquire, acquisition, affluence, alienation, ally, aplomb, appointments, appurtenances, archduchy, archdukedom, assets, assurance, baggage, balance, bedevilment,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Possession and other relationships — This entry explains how to show that something belongs to or is related to something else. There are six basic ways of doing this: • using a possessive determiner such as my or their in front of the main noun • adding apostrophe s ( s) to the end …   Useful english dictionary

• possession and other relationships — This entry explains how to show that something belongs to or is related to something else. There are six basic ways of doing this: • using a possessive determiner such as my or their in front of the main noun • adding apostrophe s ( s) to the end …   Useful english dictionary

• Non-possession — is a philosophy that holds that no one or anything possesses anything.[1] It is one of the principles of Satyagraha, a philosophical system based on various religious and philosophical traditions originating in India and Asia Minor, and put into… …   Wikipedia