单词 | possession |
释义 | possession (once / 68 pages) 1n 2n A possession is something that belongs to you. If you've got a special rubber ducky, that’s one of your possessions, and it may even be your prized possession. Possession is all about control: if you have possession of something, you own it, or have your hands on it. If your house keys are in your possession, you know where they are. In soccer being in possession means having control of the ball; in hockey, it’s having your stick on the puck. A possession can also be a territory controlled by another government, as Puerto Rico is a possession of the United States. WORD FAMILYpossession: possessions, self-possession+/dispossess: dispossessed, dispossesses, dispossessing, dispossession/dispossession: dispossessions/possess: dispossess, possessed, possesses, possessing, possession, possessive, possessor, prepossess, repossess/possessed: possessedly, self-possessed/possessive: possessively, possessiveness, possessives/possessor: possessors/prepossess: prepossessed, prepossesses, prepossessing, prepossession/prepossessing: prepossessingly, unprepossessing/prepossession: prepossessions/repossess: repossessed, repossesses, repossessing, repossession/repossession: repossessions/unprepossessing: unprepossessingly USAGE EXAMPLESDespite that, Matthews finished at almost 50 percent puck possession. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The red card switched the flow of possession. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) A Detroit penalty for too many men on the field extended Green Bay's next possession. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n anything owned or possessed Exp|Hypo|Hyper European Recovery Program a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952); named after George Marshall belongings, holding, property something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone white elephanta valuable possession whose upkeep is excessively expensive transferred possession, transferred propertya possession whose ownership changes or lapses circumstancesa person's financial situation (good or bad) assetsanything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company treasureany possession that is highly valued by its owner liabilitiesanything that is owed to someone else material possession, tangible possessionproperty or belongings that are tangible worldly belongings, worldly goods, worldly possessionsall the property that someone possess ratables, rateablesproperty that provides tax income for local governments hereditamentany property (real or personal or mixed) that can be inherited intellectual propertyintangible property that is the result of creativity (such as patents or trademarks or copyrights) community propertyproperty and income belonging jointly to a married couple personal estate, personal property, personalty, private propertymovable property (as distinguished from real estate) thingsany movable possession (especially articles of clothing) immovable, real estate, real property, realtyproperty consisting of houses and land commonageproperty held in common landholdinga holding in the form of land salvageproperty or goods saved from damage or destruction shareholdinga holding in the form of shares of corporations church property, spirituality, spiritualtyproperty or income owned by a church lease, letting, rentalproperty that is leased or rented out or let trade-inan item of property that is given in part payment for a new one public propertyproperty owned by a government wealthproperty that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value estateeverything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities acquisitionsomething acquired assignment, grant(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance escheatthe property that reverts to the state stolen propertyproperty that has been stolen heritage, inheritancethat which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner heirloom(law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance expenditure, outgo, outlay, spendingmoney paid out; an amount spent part, percentage, portion, shareassets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group tax basecollective value of taxable assets tax liabilitythe amount of tax owed; calculated by applying the tax rate to the tax base losssomething that is lost payablesmoney that you currently expect to pay on notes and accounts receivablesmoney that you currently expect to receive from notes or accounts crown jewelthe most desirable assets of a corporation deep pocketa source of substantial wealth (usually plural) reserve assetscapital held back from investment in order to meet probable or possible demands amount, amount of money, sum, sum of moneya quantity of money resourceavailable source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed intangible, intangible assetassets that are saleable though not material or physical current assets, liquid assets, quick assetsassets in the form of cash (or easily convertible into cash) investment, investment fundsmoney that is invested with an expectation of profit equitythe difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it stockholding, stockholdingsa specific number of stocks or shares owned protection, securitydefense against financial failure; financial independence security, suretyproperty that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation material resourceassets in the form of material possessions capitalwealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value capital, working capitalassets available for use in the production of further assets cash in hand, finances, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resourceassets in the form of money trustsomething (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary) hole cardany assets that are concealed until they can be used advantageously creditmoney available for a client to borrow overagea surplus or excess of money or merchandise that is actually on hand and that exceeds expectations deficitan excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period) debtmoney or goods or services owed by one person to another chargefinancial liabilities (such as a tax) accounts receivablea creditor's accounts of money owed to him; normally arise from the sale of products or services accounts payablea debtor's accounts of money he owes; normally arise from the purchase of products or services relation an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together 2n a territory that is controlled by a ruling state Exp|Hyper Macao a former Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea; reverted to China in 1999 British Virgin Islandsmore than 40 northeastern Virgin Islands (15 inhabited); a dependent territory of the United Kingdom United States Virgin Islandsmore than 130 southeastern Virgin Islands; a dependent territory of the United States Gilbert and Ellice Islandsa former British possession in Micronesia Faeroe Islandsa self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands French Polynesiaa French overseas possession in the South Pacific district, dominion, territorial dominion, territory a region marked off for administrative or other purposes 3n the act of having and controlling property Syn|Hypo|Hyper ownership actual possession (law) immediate and direct physical control over property constructive possession(law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it criminal possession(law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed under certain circumstances holding, keeping, retentionthe act of retaining something illegal possessionpossession of controlled substances withholdingthe act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control storagethe act of storing something control the activity of managing or exerting control over something 4n (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck) they took possession of the ball on their own goal line Hyper control the activity of managing or exerting control over something 5n the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior Syn|Hypo|Hyper self-command, self-control, self-possession, self-will, will power, willpower nerves control of your emotions presence of mindself-control in a crisis; ability to say or do the right thing in an emergency firmness, firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolution, resolve the trait of being resolute 6n being controlled by passion or the supernatural 2Hyper enchantment, spell, trance a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation n a mania restricted to one thing or idea Syn|Hyper monomania cacoethes, mania, passion an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action |
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