ESTATE


Meaning of ESTATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪsteɪt ]

( estates)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

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.

N-COUNT

2.

People sometimes use estate to refer to a housing estate or an industrial estate. ( BRIT )

He used to live on the estate.

N-COUNT

3.

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.

N-COUNT : oft poss N

4.

see also housing estate , industrial estate , real estate

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