(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
An ~ 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 ~ in Yorkshire.
N-COUNT
2.
People sometimes use ~ to refer to a housing ~ or an industrial ~. (BRIT)
He used to live on the ~.
N-COUNT
3.
Someone’s ~ is all the money and property that they leave behind them when they die. (LEGAL)
His ~ was valued at $150,000.
N-COUNT: oft poss N
4.
see also housing ~ , industrial ~ , real ~