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lost property

lost property noun: a help desk or department in a store, mall, or other such facility where customers who have lost an item can inquire as to whether it has been found and turned in; a lost and found.

Noun

lost property (usually uncountable, plural lost properties)

  1. (UK, usually) A help desk or department in a store, mall, or other such facility where customers who have lost an item can inquire as to whether it has been found and turned in; a lost and found.
    • Lockwood is the junction for the picturesque branch to Meltham, where an old lost-property book recorded the finding of a "bow with two arrows" in a train, in 1873.1951 October, William B. Stocks, “A Few Miles from Huddersfield”, in Railway Magazine, page 701
    • So far this year, SWR's lost property team has been looking after 19 soft toys (and counting) at London Waterloo station. The operator shared images and details of the toys on social media.2021 September 22, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 940, page 94
  2. (usually) Property that is found in such a state as to make it likely that the original owner unintentionally ceased to be in possession of the property, and would be unable to locate the property.

Forms of lost property

plurallost properties

Questions about lost property

What does lost property mean?
Lost property means a help desk or department in a store, mall, or other such facility where customers who have lost an item can inquire as to whether it has been found and turned in; a lost and found.
What part of speech is lost property?
Lost property is a noun.
What is the plural of lost property?
The plural of lost property is lost properties.

Words near lost property in the dictionary

  1. lost one's wits
  2. lost oneself
  3. lost out
  4. lost patience
  5. lost properties
  6. lost property
  7. lost river
  8. Lost River Range
  9. Lost River sucker
  10. lost rivers
  11. lost shark

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