personal effect
Individual owned item
Personal effects are items belonging to a person, especially portable belongings carried on the body or in luggage: clothing, jewelry, toiletries, phones.
The phrase appears most often in legal, insurance, or official contexts—inventorying a deceased person's possessions, listing what was stolen, or describing what a patient brought to the hospital.
The coroner returned the victim's personal effects to the family.
Inherited family treasure
- keepsakeItem preserved for sentiment
- mementoToken of recollection
- souvenirToken from a trip
- tokenRepresentative placeholder
relic · treasured · cherished · sentimental value · nostalgia · memories · photograph · locket
Things one owns
- belongingsThings you possess
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- itemsIndividual units or objects
- goodsThings for sale
valuables · stuff · gear · baggage · luggage · chattel · appurtenances · paraphernalia
Government-issued travel credential
- driver's licenseOfficial driving permit
- birth certificateOfficial record of arrival
- ID cardDocument verifying identity
- social security cardDocument proving benefit eligibility
credentials · badge · visa · work permit · student ID · membership card · certificate · diploma
Restricted to certain parties
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
- intimateClosely personal or private
- secretConcealed information
- hiddenKept out of sight
concealed · locked · secured · safeguarded · protected · discreet · sensitive · classified
heirloom
Inherited family treasure
token · relic · treasured · cherished · sentimental value · nostalgia · memories · photograph · locket · ring
possessions
Things one owns
- belongingsThings you possess
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- itemsIndividual units or objects
goods · valuables · stuff · gear · baggage · luggage · chattel · appurtenances · paraphernalia · accoutrements
passport
Government-issued travel credential
- driver's licenseOfficial driving permit
- birth certificateOfficial record of arrival
- ID cardDocument verifying identity
social security card · credentials · badge · visa · work permit · student ID · membership card · certificate · diploma · security clearance
private
Restricted to certain parties
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
- intimateClosely personal or private
- secretConcealed information
hidden · concealed · locked · secured · safeguarded · protected · discreet · sensitive · classified · restricted
personal effectcommunal property
Collectively owned assets
public property · common goods · common property · public goods · state property
personal effectreal estate
Land and its structures
real property · fixed assets · fixtures · landed property · capital equipment
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