"fixture" Definition

Definitions for the word "fixture" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
That which is fixed or attached to something as a permanent appendage; as, the fixtures of a pump; the fixtures of a farm or of a dwelling, that is, the articles which a tenant may not take away.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
State of being fixed; fixedness.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Anything of an accessory character annexed to houses and lands, so as to constitute a part of them. This term is, however, quite frequently used in the peculiar sense of personal chattels annexed to lands and tenements, but removable by the person annexing them, or his personal representatives. In this latter sense, the same things may be fixtures under some circumstances, and not fixtures under others.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
1 a something fixed in position. B colloq. Seemingly immovable person or thing (seems to be a fixture). 2 a sporting event, esp. A match, race, etc. B date agreed for this. 3 (in pl.) Articles attached to a house or land and regarded as legally part of it.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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