effects

  • 1effects — ► [plural] LAW a person s possessions: »After his death, an inventory was taken of his effects. »Company relocation policies may cover the cost of insuring personal effects in transit. Main Entry: ↑effect …

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  • 2effects — I noun assets, belongings, bona, chattel property, chattels, contents, estate, goods, holdings, legal estate, means, movable property, paraphernalia, personal property, personalty, possessions, property, res, resources, things, wealth, worldly… …

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  • 3effects — personal belongings. → efface oneself effects the lighting, sound, or scenery used in a play or film. → effect …

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  • 4Effects — birthplace effect CNN effect CSI effect driveway effect Goldilocks effect Gulliver effect Hey Mabel effect …

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  • 5effects — goods, property, 1704, plural of EFFECT (Cf. effect) …

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  • 6effects — [n] belongings accouterments, chattels, goods, holdings, paraphernalia, possessions, property, stuff, things, trappings; concepts 446,710 …

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  • 7effects — n. belongings 1) household; personal effects impressions 2) sound; special effects results 3) ill effects * * * [ɪ fekts] personal effects special effects [ belongings ] household [ impressions ] sound [ results ] ill …

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  • 8effects — noun property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business she left some of her personal effects in the house I watched over their effects until they returned • Syn: ↑personal effects • Hypernyms: ↑personal property,… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 9effects — Synonyms and related words: acquest, belongings, catalog goods, chattels, clobber, commodities, consumer goods, consumer items, crap, estate and effects, gear, goods, goods for sale, havings, hereditament, holdings, incorporeal hereditament,… …

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  • 10effects — ef•fects [[t]ɪˈfɛkts[/t]] n. pl. 1) goods; movables; personal property 2) mot rtv special effects • Etymology: 1700–10 syn: See property …

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