Definitions

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  • adjective Not of or pertaining to property (owned land or real estate).
  • noun That which is not a property (trait).

Etymologies

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non- +‎ property

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Examples

  • Hong Kong & China Gas Co., in which Henderson Land bought a 39.06% stake from its 67.9%-owned Henderson Investment Ltd. late last year, will also become a major nonproperty income source for Henderson Land, Mr. Lee said.

    Henderson Land Posts 2008

  • Essentially, if it is in the contract, then it is allowed, and there is precious little in terms of nonproperty based rights that libertarians think a contract cannot cover.

    Lean Left » Blog Archive » Torture and The Re-alignment 2006

  • It was a magnificent coup, and he dearly loved a coup; but the magnificent speech which he made, tearing to shreds the venerable farrago of nonsense about nonproperty in ideas which had formed the basis of all copyright legislation, made you forget even his spectacularity.

    Literary Friends and Acquaintance; a Personal Retrospect of American Authorship William Dean Howells 1878

  • It was a magnificent coup, and he dearly loved a coup; but the magnificent speech which he made, tearing to shreds the venerable farrago of nonsense about nonproperty in ideas which had formed the basis of all copyright legislation, made you forget even his spectacularity.

    My Mark Twain (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance) William Dean Howells 1878

  • Across the centuries America's politics have become more open to participation by nonproperty-holding males, people of color and women.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • Across the centuries America's politics have become more open to participation by nonproperty-holding males, people of color and women.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • In fact, more than 60 percent of Swannanoa's revenue will come from nonproperty-tax sources.

    CITIZEN-TIMES.com - News 2009

  • At the same time, they were eager to climb on the Proposition 13 bandwagon and cut nonproperty taxes as well -- about $1 billion worth in the first two years after the initiative passed.

    Merced Sun-Star: front 2009

  • Grabbing it maybe politically off limits but economically it is smart since it will not impair growth by reducing the rewards of taking risks in bussness or working harder (like income tax increases, capital gains on nonproperty gains and corporation tax).

    Personal finance and money news, analysis and comment | guardian.co.uk Brendan Barber 2009

  • It was a magnificent coup, and he dearly loved a coup; but the magnificent speech which he made, tearing to shreds the venerable farrago of nonsense about nonproperty in ideas which had formed the basis of all copyright legislation, made you forget even his spectacularity.”]

    Mark Twain: A Biography 2003

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