EXHIBIT 99.a


                           GLOSSARY


     As used in this Prospectus, the following definitions of
     terms are applicable:

     "Acquisition Expenses":  Include, without limitation, legal
fees and expenses, travel and communication expenses, costs of
appraisals, accounting fees and expenses, title insurance,
mortgage fees, acquisition fees and brokerage commissions paid to
third parties, and miscellaneous expenses related to selection
and acquisition of properties, whether or not acquired.

     "Acquisition Fees":  The total of all fees and commissions
paid by any party in connection with the purchase of Properties
including the fees to be paid to the Adviser for services in
connection with evaluating and selecting potential properties for
the Partnership.

     "Additional Limited Partner(s)":  All those who are admitted
to the Partnership as limited partners after the Initial Limited
Partner.

     "Adjusted Cash from Operations":  Cash receipts from Gross
Revenues after deducting (i) operating expenses (without
deduction for depreciation), (ii) amounts set aside for
reasonable reserves plus any earnings thereon, (iii) payments on
the Partnership's other current obligations (other than the
Adviser Management Fee) and (iv) any earnings or interest on
Partnership funds prior to investment of such funds in
Properties.

     "Adviser":  USAA Real Estate Company.

     "Adviser Management Fee":  The fee payable to the Adviser on
a quarterly basis in an amount equal to 9% of Adjusted Cash from
Operations in consideration of services rendered pursuant to the
Advisory Agreement.

     "Advisory Agreement":  The agreement between the Partnership
and the Adviser pursuant to which the Adviser will perform
certain services for the Partnership and be entitled to receive
the Adviser Management Fee.

     "Affiliate":  (i) any person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, another
person, (ii) a person owning or controlling 10% or more of the
outstanding voting securities or beneficial interests of such
other person, (iii) any officer, director, partner, trustee or
any other person acting in a substantially similar capacity of
such person, and (iv) if such other person is an officer,
director, partner, trustee or holder of 10% or more of the voting
securities or beneficial interests of such person, any other
entity for which such person acts in any capacity.

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     "Average Annual Unreturned Invested Capital:"  The total of
all the Limited Partners' Original Invested Capital reduced by
the total of all distributions of Net Proceeds from Sales or
Refinancings (but not below zero) to Limited Partners, as
reflected on the Partnership's books and records, weighted on a
daily average basis for the period.

     "Code":  The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     "Final Closing Date":  December 31, 1987, or such other date
designated by the General Partner for the purchase of the last
Interest by a subscriber, but in no event later than one year
from the date of the Prospectus.

     "Front-End Fees":  Fees and expenses paid by any party for
any services rendered during the organizational or acquisition
phase of the offering, including Organizational and Offering
Expenses, selling commissions, Acquisition Fees, and Acquisition
Expenses.

     "General Partner":  USAA Properties IV, Inc. or its
successor.

     "Gross Revenues":  All Partnership revenues from whatever
source derived, exclusive of (i) Partners' capital contributions
and (ii) revenues from the borrowing of funds by the Partnership
or the sale or refinancing of Partnership Properties.

     "Initial Admittance Date":  The date on which the first
Additional Limited Partner is admitted to the Partnership.

     "Initial Limited Partner":  USAA Real Estate Company, who
shall withdraw from the Partnership as a Limited Partner on the
Initial Admittance Date.

     "Interest":  The limited partnership interest in the
Partnership acquired by the payment to the Partnership of $500
per interest purchased, upon an initial minimum purchase of 10
interests and additional purchases in increments of 1 interest.

     "Limited Partners":  All persons who are admitted to the
Partnership as limited partners.

     "Net Cash from Operations":  Adjusted Cash from Operations
less the Adviser Management Fee.  

     "Net Proceeds from Sales or Refinancings":  Cash receipts
realized by the Partnership from sales or refinancings of the
Properties after (i) amounts set aside for reasonable reserves
and (ii) payments on the Partnership's other current obligations.

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     "Nonrecourse Deductions":  Partnership losses or deductions
attributable to Nonrecourse Liabilities and for each Partnership
taxable year shall equal in the aggregate for the Partnership the
net increase, if any, in the amount of Partnership Minimum Gain
during that taxable year.  The Nonrecourse Deductions for a
Partnership taxable year shall consist first of depreciation or
cost recovery deductions with respect to items of Partnership
property subject to one or more Nonrecourse Liabilities of the
Partnership to the extent of the increase in Partnership Minimum
Gain attributable to the Nonrecourse Liabilities to which each
such item of property is subject, with the remainder of such
Nonrecourse Deductions, if any, made up of a pro rata portion of
the Partnership's other items of deduction or loss for that
taxable year.  If, however, such depreciation or cost recovery
deductions exceed the net increase in Partnership Minimum Gain, a
proportional share of each such deduction shall constitute a
Nonrecourse Deduction.  If the net increase in Partnership
Minimum Gain during a Partnership taxable year exceeds the total
amount of items of Partnership loss or deduction for such taxable
year, then an amount of Partnership loss and deduction for the
Partnership's next succeeding taxable year (or years) equal to
such excess shall constitute Nonrecourse Deductions, as if there
had been a net increase in Partnership Minimum Gain during such
succeeding taxable year (or years) in the amount of such excess.

     "Nonrecourse Liability":  A liability of the Partnership (or
portion thereof) with respect to which none of the Partners (or
any person related to a Partner) has any economic risk of loss
(other than through their interests as Partners in the
Partnership's assets subject to the liability).

     "Organizational and Offering Expenses":  Expenses incurred
in connection with the organization of the Partnership and the
offering of the Interests (excluding selling commissions)
including legal fees, accounting fees, escrow fees, printing
costs, filing and qualification fees, reimbursement of expenses
incurred by the General Partner or its Affiliates, and other
disbursements in connection with the sale and distribution of
Interests.

     "Original Invested Capital":  An amount equal to $500 per
Interest.

     "Partner":  A General Partner or any Limited Partner.

     "Partnership":  The partnership formed and continued under
the Restated and Amended Agreement of Limited Partnership
attached as Exhibit A.

     "Partnership Minimum Gain":  The amount determined by
computing, with respect to each Nonrecourse Liability, the amount
of gain, if any, that would be realized by the Partnership if it
disposed of (in a taxable transaction) the Property subject to
such liability in full satisfaction thereof, and by then
aggregating the amounts so computed.

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     "Partner's Share of Partnership Minimum Gain":  As to any
Partner at the end of any Partnership taxable year, the amount
equal to the aggregate Nonrecourse Deductions allocated to such
Partner (and such Partner's predecessors in interest) up to that
time, less such Partners (and such predecessor's) aggregate share
of the net decreases in Partnership Minimum Gain up to that time. 
A Partner's share of the net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain
during a Partnership taxable year equals an amount that bears the
same relation to the net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain
during such year as such Partner's Share of Partnership Minimum
Gain at the end of the prior taxable year of the Partnership
bears to the amount of Partnership Minimum Gain at the end of
such prior taxable year.

     "Preferred Return":  The cumulative non-compounded preferred
return to each Limited Partner equal to 6% per annum on his
Average Annual Unreturned Invested Capital payable from either
distributions of Net Cash from Operations or Net Proceeds from
Sales or Refinancings.  Such cumulative preferred return shall be
calculated from the date the owner of such Interests is admitted
as a Limited Partner.

     "Property" or "Properties":  Shall mean one or more of the
properties actually acquired by the Partnership.

     "Prospectus":  The prospectus contained in the Registration
Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

     "Purchase Price":  The price paid upon the purchase or sale
of a Property, including the amount of Acquisition Fees and all
liens and mortgages on the Property, but excluding points and
prepaid interest.

     "Qualified Trust":  Any employee benefit plan or other
entity subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA or described
in Code Section 4975(e)(1) (other than a plan described in Code
Sections 4975(g)(2) or 4975(g)(3)), including an individual
retirement account defined in Code Section 408(a).

     "Registration Statement":  The Partnership's Registration
Statement on Form S-11 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and as amended from time to time.

     "Sales Agent":  USAA Investment Management Company, an
Affiliate of the General Partner.

     "Subordinated Disposition Fee":  The fee payable to the
Adviser in connection with its services rendered in the sale or
transfer of a Property.

     "Taxable Entity":  A person or entity that is not a Tax-
Exempt Entity.

     "Taxable Limited Partner":  A Limited Partner that is a
Taxable Entity on the date that he or it is admitted to the
Partnership.

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     "Tax-Exempt Entity":  A person or entity that is a tax-
exempt entity within the meaning of Code Section 168(h)(2)(A) as
in effect after December 31, 1986, including (i) the United
States, any State or political subdivision thereof, any
possession of the United States, or any agency or instrumentality
of any of the foregoing, (ii) an organization (other than a
cooperative described in Code Section 521) which is exempt from
tax imposed by Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Code, and (iii) any
foreign person or entity.
     
     "Tax-Exempt Limited Partner":  A Limited Partner that is a
Tax-Exempt Entity on the date that he or it is admitted to the
Partnership.