Definition of CHATTEL

chattel

Plural: chattels

Noun

  • An item of movable personal property, not real estate.
  • personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
  • Tangible, movable property.
  • A slave.

Examples

  • He considered the ’S’ tile his most valuable CHATTEL, always saving it for a bonus.

Origin / Etymology

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”.

Synonyms

movable, personal chattel

Scrabble Score: 12

chattel: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
chattel: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
chattel: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

chattel: valid Words With Friends Word