'Movables' definitions:
Definition of 'Movables'
From: GCIDE
- Movable \Mov"a*ble\, n.; pl. Movables.
- 1. An article of wares or goods; a commodity; a piece of property not fixed, or not a part of real estate; generally, in the plural, goods; wares; furniture. [Also spelled moveable.] [1913 Webster]
- Furnished with the most rich and princely movables. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Rom. Law) Property not attached to the soil. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The word is not convertible with personal property, since rents and similar incidents of the soil which are personal property by our law are immovables by the Roman law. --Wharton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'movables'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accessories,
- appanages,
- appendages,
- appointments,
- appurtenances,
- belongings,
- chattels,
- choses,
- choses in action,
- choses in possession,
- choses local,
- choses transitory,
- effects,
- goods,
- lares and penates,
- material things,
- paraphernalia,
- perquisites,
- personal effects,
- things,
- trappings