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public property UK US noun [C or U]
► GOVERNMENT, PROPERTY land, buildings, equipment, etc. that are owned by the government: »
The cost of repairing the damage to public property following the earthquake has soared.
► information that is available to everyone, often information that was previously private : »
Under a post-Watergate law, White House records are public property.
Financial and business terms. 2012.