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property ladder

property ladder noun: the hierarchy of owned housing.

Noun

property ladder (plural property ladders)

  1. (UK) The hierarchy of owned housing.
    • to get on the property ladder
    • The slave, who is at the bottom of the human property ladder, had a hut and slave quarters, a little clothing, food, and perhaps some health care […]1989, Kenneth E. Boulding, Three Faces of Power

Forms of property ladder

pluralproperty ladders

Questions about property ladder

What does property ladder mean?
Property ladder means the hierarchy of owned housing.
What part of speech is property ladder?
Property ladder is a noun.
What is the plural of property ladder?
The plural of property ladder is property ladders.

Words near property ladder in the dictionary

  1. property bag
  2. property bags
  3. property dualism
  4. property irregularity report
  5. property irregularity reports
  6. property ladder
  7. property ladders
  8. property law
  9. property line
  10. property lines
  11. property man

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