chattel

IPA(Pronunciation)

Tangible, movable property. / A slave.

Japanese Meaning

動産（有形で動かすことができる財産） / 奴隷

The antique bureau was considered chattel, so it could be seized to satisfy the debt.

そのアンティークのビューローは有形の動産とみなされたため、債務の返済のために差し押さえられる可能性がありました。

Sense（1）

Tangible, movable property.

[…] although of course the firm had changed hands many times over the centuries, […] But the box has always been part of the chattels, as it were.

Sense（2）

A slave.

Not all his servants and chattels are wraiths!

chattels

（ plural ）