noun
1 land owned by a person/family/organization
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , great , huge , large , substantial , vast
▪ sprawling
▪
the family mansion and sprawling country ~
▪ small
▪ country , rural
▪
the family's country ~
▪ grand , palatial
▪
He owned a palatial ~ in California.
▪ royal
▪ family
▪
the family ~ at Kostroma
▪ landed ( esp. BrE )
▪
Gilbert was heir to an extensive landed ~.
▪ sugar , wine
▪
Bordeaux's most famous wine ~
▪ freehold , leasehold (both BrE , law )
VERB + ESTATE
▪ have , own
▪
The family owns a large ~ in the north.
▪ buy
▪
Queen Victoria bought the ~ in 1848.
▪ manage , run
ESTATE + NOUN
▪ manager , owner , worker ( BrE )
▪ management
▪ agency , agent (both BrE ) ( real estate agency , real estate agent in AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ on an/the ~
▪
the number of people living on the ~
▪ ~ of
▪
an ~ of 20 000 acres
PHRASES
▪ an heir to an ~
▪
The young prince is the heir to a vast ~ in the west of the country.
2 ( BrE ) land with a lot of buildings of the same type
ADJECTIVE
▪ large , massive
▪ small
▪ deprived , run-down
▪
youngsters living on deprived housing ~s
▪ council , housing
▪ private
▪ industrial , trading
▪
The factory is on a large industrial ~ on the outskirts of town.
VERB + ESTATE
▪ build
PREPOSITION
▪ on an/the ~
▪
She lives on a council ~ in Leeds.
3 ( law ) property that sb leaves when they die
ADJECTIVE
▪ personal
▪ taxable
▪
assets from your taxable ~
VERB + ESTATE
▪ bequeath ( formal ), leave
▪
The bulk of his ~ was bequeathed to his son Jacob.
▪
She left her whole ~ to her niece.
▪ inherit
▪
She inherited her father's ~.
▪ own
▪
His personal ~ is worth $30 million.
▪ settle
▪
It took seven years to settle the ~.
ESTATE + VERB
▪ be valued at sth , be worth sth
ESTATE + NOUN
▪ tax ( AmE )
▪
to transfer ~ taxes to the next generation
▪ sale