1. personal property that can be moved from place to place, as distinguished from real estate or fixtures
Usage: legal term; often used in plural form

Examples

• The insurance policy covers all movables in the house.
• When they divorced, they had to divide their movables equally.
• The estate sale included furniture and other movables.
• Movables can be transferred without changing ownership of the land.
• The lease specified that tenants could remove their movables upon departure.
• Art collections are considered valuable movables for insurance purposes.