personal effects
One's own things
Personal effects are the belongings someone carries or keeps close—clothing, jewelry, toiletries, wallet, keys.
The phrase appears most often in formal or legal contexts: inventorying a deceased person's personal effects, retrieving a prisoner's personal effects upon release.
The hospital returned his personal effects in a plastic bag.
Something owned or inherent
- chattelsMovable personal property
- estateProperty and grounds
- assetsOwned items of value
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
valuables · deceased · probate · inheritance · claim · repatriation · itemization · custody
Small case for currency
- keysLock-operating instruments
- phoneHandheld communication device
- glassesCorrective eyewear or tumblers
- watchPortable timekeeping device
jewelry · clothing · shoes · bag · backpack · purse · luggage · toiletries
Ornamental personal accessories
- watchPortable timekeeping device
- ringClosed curve shape
- necklaceNeck-worn ornament
- braceletOrnamental wrist band
gold · silver · gemstone · heirloom · antique · collectible · artwork · cash
Hinged pendant holding keepsakes
- diaryPersonal daily record
- journalRecord of daily events
- photographImage from a camera
- love lettersRomantic written messages
wedding ring · heirloom · keepsake · medallion · amulet · charm bracelet · lock of hair · pocket watch
property
Something owned or inherent
inventory · valuables · deceased · probate · inheritance · claim · repatriation · itemization · custody · documentation
wallet
Small case for currency
- keysLock-operating instruments
- phoneHandheld communication device
- glassesCorrective eyewear or tumblers
watch · jewelry · clothing · shoes · bag · backpack · purse · luggage · toiletries · cosmetics
jewelry
Ornamental personal accessories
bracelet · gold · silver · gemstone · heirloom · antique · collectible · artwork · cash · currency
locket
Hinged pendant holding keepsakes
- diaryPersonal daily record
- journalRecord of daily events
- photographImage from a camera
love letters · wedding ring · heirloom · keepsake · medallion · amulet · charm bracelet · lock of hair · pocket watch · rosary
- maritime laborseafarers, seamen, merchant mariners, working hours, working conditions
- lost itemskeys, wallets, phones, glasses, umbrellas
- presidential memorabiliacampaign buttons, autographs, bumper stickers, yard signs, lapel pins
- assetsproperty, cash, money, investments, bank accounts
- collectiblesbaseball cards, commemorative stamps, rare coins, mementos, rare stamps
- customscustoms, customs clearance, wedding custom, customs declaration, burial custom
personal effectsshared property
Asset held in common
communal property · public property · joint property · common property · common goods
personal effectsreal estate
Land and its structures
real property · fixed assets · fixtures · land · landed property
personal effectsgovernment property
Holdings owned by the state
state property · corporate assets · public assets · federal property
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