es·tate

(ĭ-stāt′)

1. A landed property, usually of considerable size.

2. Law

a. One's property, both real and personal, vested and contingent, especially as disposed of in a will.

b. The nature and extent of an owner's rights with respect to land or other property.

3. Chiefly British A housing development.

4. The situation or circumstances of one's life: A child's estate gives way to the adult's estate.

5. Social position or rank, especially of high order.

6. A major social class, such as the clergy, the nobility, or the commons, formerly possessing distinct political rights.

[Middle English estat, condition, from Old French; see state.]

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estate

(ɪˈsteɪt)

1. a large piece of landed property, esp in the country

2. chiefly Brit a large area of property development, esp of new houses or (trading estate) of factories

3. (Law) property law

a. property or possessions

b. the nature of interest that a person has in land or other property, esp in relation to the right of others

c. the total extent of the real and personal property of a deceased person or bankrupt

4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Also called: estate 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

5. state, period, or position in life, esp with regard to wealth or social standing: youth's estate; a poor man's estate.

[C13: from Old French estat, from Latin status condition, state]

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es•tate

(ɪˈsteɪt)

n.

1. a piece of landed property, esp. one of large extent with an elaborate house on it.

2. Law.

a. property or possessions.

b. the amount, degree, or nature of a person's interest in land or other property.

c. the property of a deceased person, a bankrupt, etc., viewed as an aggregate.

3. Brit. a housing development.

4. a period or condition of life.

5. condition or circumstances with reference to worldly prosperity, estimation, etc.; social status or rank.

6. a major political or social group or class, esp. one once having specific political powers, as the clergy, nobles, and commons in France or the Lords Spiritual, Lords Temporal, and commons in England.

7. Obs. high social status or rank.

[1175–1225; Middle English estat < Old French < Latin status; status]

syn: See property.

estate

A form of social stratification which is recognized by the legal system. Commonly, estates were formed around the following groups: the nobility, the clergy, the peasants.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	estate - everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities belongings, property, holding - something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property"; gross estate - the total valuation of the estate's assets at the time of the person's death net estate - the estate remaining after debts and funeral expenses and administrative expenses have been deducted from the gross estate; the estate then left to be distributed (and subject to federal and state inheritance taxes) estate for life, life estate - (law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it jointure, legal jointure - (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower
	2.	estate - extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island" acres, demesne, landed estate, land freehold - an estate held in fee simple or for life immovable, real estate, real property, realty - property consisting of houses and land glebe - plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office leasehold - land or property held under a lease smallholding - a piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation homestead - land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law feoff, fief - a piece of land held under the feudal system barony - the estate of a baron countryseat - an estate in the country Crown land - land that belongs to the Crown manor - the landed estate of a lord (including the house on it) seigneury, seigniory, signory - the estate of a seigneur hacienda - a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries plantation - an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas) entail - land received by fee tail
	3.	estate - a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights estate of the realm, the three estates social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class - people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" first estate, Lords Spiritual - the clergy in France and the heads of the church in Britain Lords Temporal, second estate - the nobility in France and the peerage in Britain third estate, Commons - the common people fourth estate - the press, including journalists, newspaper writers, photographers body politic, country, nation, res publica, commonwealth, state, land - a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land" Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe

estate

noun

1. lands, property, area, grounds, domain, manor, holdings, demesne a shooting party on his estate in Yorkshire

2. area, centre, park, development, site, zone, plot an industrial estate

3. (Law) property, capital, assets, fortune, goods, effects, wealth, possessions, belongings His estate was valued at £100,000.

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estate

noun

1. Usually extensive real estate:

acre (often used in plural), land, property.

2. Something, as land and assets, legally possessed:

holding (often used in plural), possession (used in plural), property.

Translations

أمْلاك، عَقاراتعِزْبَةعَقار، قِطْعَة أرْضقِطْعَة أرْض للعَمار

statek

ejendomformuegodsindustriområdelandsted

Anwesen Besitz Grundbesitz Gut Landsitz

κτήμα

estado finca hacienda herencia patrimonio

farmarifarmariautofincakartanokuolinpesä

propriété biens domaine état fonds

imanje

ipartelep

byggingarsvæîieignir; eftirlátnar eigurlandareign

proprietà tenuta area residenziale beni fattoria

地所

부동산

nekilnojamojo turto prekybos agentasžemės valda

apbūvēta teritorijadzīvojamais masīvsestateindustrial estateīpašums

landgoed

bo boligfelt dødsbo eiendom formue

posiadłość

estado propriedade

поместье

zástavba

posestvostanovanjsko naselje

gods

ทรัพย์สินที่ดิน

arazi malikane mülkpara ve mal varlığısite kompleksi

bất động sản

庄园房地产财产

estate

[ɪsˈteɪt]

A. N

1. (= land) → finca f, hacienda f; (= country estate) → finca f, hacienda f (LAm), estancia f (S. Cone); (= housing estate) → urbanización f; (= industrial estate) → polígono m industrial

2. (= property) → propiedad f; (= assets) → patrimonio m; [of deceased] → herencia f
she left a large estate → dejó una gran herencia
personal estate → patrimonio m personal
see also real D

3. (Pol) → estado m
see also fourth C
see also third D

4. (Brit) = estate car

B. CPD estate agency N (esp Brit) → agencia f inmobiliaria
estate agent N (esp Brit) → agente mf inmobiliario/a
estate car N (Brit) → ranchera f, coche m familiar, rural f (S. Cone), camioneta f (LAm)
estate duty N (Brit) → impuesto m de sucesiones

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estate

[ɪˈsteɪt] n

(= land) → domaine m, propriété f

(= property of deceased person) → succession f

(British) (also housing estate) (= council-owned flats) → cité f (HLM) (= privately-owned houses) → lotissement m
I live on an estate → J'habite dans un lotissement.estate agency n (British) → agence f immobilièreestate agent n (British) → agent mf immobilierestate car n (British) → break m

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estate

(= land) → Gut nt; country estate → Landgut nt; family estate → Familienbesitz m

(Jur: = possessions) → Besitz m, → Besitztümer pl, → Eigentum nt; (of deceased) → Nachlass m, → Erbmasse f; to leave one’s estate to somebody → jdm seinen ganzen Besitz vermachen or hinterlassen; personal estate → persönliches Eigentum ? real ADJ c

(esp Brit: = housing estate) → Siedlung f; (= trading estate) → Industriegelände nt

(= order, rank) → Stand m; the three estates → die drei Stände; person of high estate (old) → Standesperson f (old); the holy estate of matrimony (Brit Rel) → der heilige Stand der Ehe

(Brit) = estate car

estate

estate agent

n (Brit) → Grundstücks- or Immobilienmakler(in) m(f)

estate-bottled

adj wine → vom Erzeuger abgefüllt; “estate bottled” → Erzeugerabfüllung f

estate car

n (Brit) → Kombi(wagen) m

estate duty

n → Erbschaftssteuer f

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estate

[ɪsˈteɪt] n

a. (land) → proprietà f inv, tenuta (Brit) (also housing estate) → complesso edilizio
country estate → tenuta in campagna

b. (Law) (on death) → patrimonio, beni mpl

estate

(iˈsteit) noun

1. a large piece of land owned by one person or a group of people etc. They have an estate in Ireland.

2. a piece of land developed for building etc. a housing/industrial estate.

3. a person's total possessions (property, money etc). His estate was divided among his sons.

estate agent

a person whose job is to sell houses and land.

eˈstate-car noun

(American station wagon) a car with a large area behind the seats for luggage etc, and a rear door.

estate

→ عِزْبَة statek ejendom Landsitz κτήμα estado, finca kartano propriété imanje proprietà 地所 부동산 landgoed eiendom posiadłość estado, propriedade поместье gods ทรัพย์สินที่ดิน malikane bất động sản 庄园

estate

n. estado, condición de una persona, animal o cosa.

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Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived in so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance.

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"I have given a judgment for the residuary legatee under the will," said the Court, "put the costs upon the contestants, decided all questions relating to fees and other charges; and, in short, the estate in litigation has been settled, with all controversies, disputes, misunderstandings, and differences of opinion thereunto appertaining."

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Thanks to what Aramis had told him, D'Artagnan, who knew already that Porthos called himself Du Vallon, was now aware that he styled himself, from his estate, De Bracieux; and that he was, on account of this estate, engaged in a lawsuit with the Bishop of Noyon.

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"The great house and estate in our part of the world is Castra Regis, the family seat of the Caswall family.

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I do think it is the hardest thing in the world, that your estate should be entailed away from your own children; and I am sure, if I had been you, I should have tried long ago to do something or other about it."

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Nay, he would do a great deal more for Adam than he should otherwise have done, when he came into the estate; Hetty's husband had a special claim on him--Hetty herself should feel that any pain she had suffered through Arthur in the past was compensated to her a hundredfold.

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However, in all appearance this brother was a match worth my listening to, and the least his estate was valued at was #1000 a year, but the sister said it was worth #1500 a year, and lay most of it in Ireland.

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My object in taking this step is to cause a search to be instituted for the Trust -- in the very probable event of the executors not having met with it yet -before the usual measures are adopted for the administration of the admiral's estate. We will threaten legal proceedings, if we find that the object does not succeed.

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The friend of Marmaduke was his only child; and to this son, on his marriage with a lady to whom the father was particularly partial, the Major gave a complete conveyance of his whole estate, consisting of money in the funds, a town and country residence, sundry valuable farms in the old parts of the colony, and large tracts of wild land in the new—in this manner throwing himself upon the filial piety of his child for his own future maintenance.

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And if this poverty and broken estate in the better sort, be joined with a want and necessity in the mean people, the danger is imminent and great.

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But, though title and fortune communicate a splendor all around them, and the footmen of men of quality and of estate think themselves entitled to a part of that respect which is paid to the quality and estate of their masters, it is clearly otherwise with regard to virtue and understanding.

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In the middle of July the elder of the village on Levin's sister's estate, about fifteen miles from Pokrovskoe, came to Levin to report on how things were going there and on the hay.

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