estate

♦♦ es|tate /ɪst'eɪt/ (estates)

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An estate is a large area of land in the country which is owned by a person, family, or organization.
...a shooting party on Lord Wyville's estate in Yorkshire.
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People sometimes use estate to refer to a housing estate or an industrial estate. (BRIT)
He used to live on the estate.
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Someone's estate is all the money and property that they leave behind them when they die. (LEGAL)
His estate was valued at $150,000.
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see also housing estate, industrial estate,

es|tate agen|cy (estate agencies)

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An estate agency is a company that sells houses and land for people. (BRIT)

es|tate agent (estate agents)

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An estate agent is someone who works for a company that sells houses and land for people. (BRIT; in AM, use Realtor, real estate agent)

es|tate car (estate cars)

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An estate car is a car with a long body, a door at the rear, and space behind the back seats. (BRIT; in AM, use station wagon)

hous|ing es|tate (housing estates)

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A housing estate is a large number of houses or flats built close together at the same time. (BRIT)

in|dus|trial es|tate (industrial estates)

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An industrial estate is an area which has been specially planned for a lot of factories. (BRIT; in AM, use industrial park)

real es|tate

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Real estate is property in the form of land and buildings, rather than personal possessions. (mainly AM)
By investing in real estate, he was one of the richest men in the United States.
= property
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Real estate businesses or real estate agents sell houses, buildings, and land. (AM; in BRIT, use estate agency, estate agents)
...the real estate agent who sold you your house.

trad|ing es|tate (trading estates)

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A trading estate is the same as an industrial estate. (BRIT)