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estate
[ ih-steyt ]
noun
- a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
to have an estate in the country.
- Law.
- property or possessions.
- the legal position or status of an owner, considered with respect to property owned in land or other things.
- the degree or quantity of interest that a person has in land with respect to the nature of the right, its duration, or its relation to the rights of others.
- interest, ownership, or property in land or other things.
- the property of a deceased person, a bankrupt, etc., viewed as an aggregate.
- British. a housing development.
- a period or condition of life:
to attain to man's estate.
- a major political or social group or class, especially one once having specific political powers, as the clergy, nobles, and commons in France or the lords spiritual, lords temporal, and commons in England.
- condition or circumstances with reference to worldly prosperity, estimation, etc.; social status or rank.
- Obsolete. pomp or state.
- Obsolete. high social status or rank.
verb (used with object)
- Obsolete. to establish in or as in an estate.
estate
/ ɪˈٱɪ /
noun
- a large piece of landed property, esp in the country
- a large area of property development, esp of new houses or ( trading estate ) of factories
- property law
- property or possessions
- the nature of interest that a person has in land or other property, esp in relation to the right of others
- the total extent of the real and personal property of a deceased person or bankrupt
- Also calledestate of the realm an order or class of persons in a political community, regarded collectively as a part of the body politic: usually regarded as being the lords temporal (peers), lords spiritual, and commons See also States General fourth estate
- state, period, or position in life, esp with regard to wealth or social standing
youth's estate
a poor man's estate
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of estate1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"When you see things like Temu come up on your apps, it actually comes up with stab vests. And then they stash them locally around the communities and estates in Newport."
“Its initial dip in revenue owes more to developers and the real estate lobby hoping to overturn it in court or at the ballot box — and losing.”
When friends questioned the wisdom of planting a garden that may be destroyed to make way for real estate development, Horvitz brushed concerns aside.
“The number would be so low that the city would be better off waiting,” said Louis Tomaselli, the Irvine-based executive managing director of JLL, a real estate and investment management firm.
But other companies are increasingly vying for real estate in orbit.
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