Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

community property

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.91 in modern English

Syllables: com-mu-ni-ty prop-er-ty
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Property that is acquired during a marriage, excluding gifts and inheritances, that is owned jointly by both spouses and is divided upon divorce, annulment or death.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Marital property that is divided equally in California and some other states, as opposed to equitable distribution, the practice in most states.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

community properties (plural)

Questions

What does community property mean?: Property that is acquired during a marriage, excluding gifts and inheritances, that is owned jointly by both spouses and is divided upon divorce, annulment or death.

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