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estate

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es·tate  (-stt)
n.
1. A landed property, usually of considerable size.
2. The whole of one's possessions, especially all the property and debts left by one at death.
3. Law The nature and extent of an owner's rights with respect to land or other property.
4. Chiefly British A housing development.
5. The situation or circumstances of one's life: A child's estate gives way to the adult's estate.
6. Social position or rank, especially of high order.
7. A major social class, such as the clergy, the nobility, or the commons, formerly possessing distinct political rights.
8. Archaic Display of wealth or power; pomp.

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

estate [ɪˈsteɪt]
n
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
[from Old French estat, from Latin status condition, state]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.estateestate - 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.estateestate - extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"
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
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.
Translations
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 estatedejó una gran herencia
personal estatepatrimonio 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

estate [ɪˈsteɪt] n
(= land) → domaine m, propriété f
(= property of deceased person) → succession f
(British) (also housing estate) (= council-owned flats) → cité HLM)f > (= privately-owned houses) → lotissement m
I live on an estate → J'habite dans un lotissement.
estate agency n (British)agence f immobilière
estate agent n (British)agent mf immobilier
estate car n (British)break m

estate
n
(= land)Gut nt; country estateLandgut nt; family estateFamilienbesitz m
(Jur: = possessions) → Besitz m, → Besitztümer pl, → Eigentum nt; (of deceased)Nachlass m, → Erbmasse f; to leave one’s estate to somebodyjdm seinen ganzen Besitz vermachen or hinterlassen; personal estatepersönliches Eigentum ? real ADJ c
(esp Brit: = housing estate) → Siedlung f; (= trading estate)Industriegelände nt
(= order, rank)Stand m; the three estatesdie 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 winevom Erzeuger abgefüllt; “estate bottled”Erzeugerabfüllung f
estate car
n (Brit) → Kombi(wagen) m
estate duty

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 [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
n estate [iˈsteit]
1 a large piece of land owned by one person or a group of people etc They have an estate in Ireland. landgoed عَقار، قِطْعَة أرْض имение pozemky, nemovitý majetek gods; landsted; ejendom der Grundbesitz κτηματική περιουσία finca maaomand ملک tila propriété אֲחוּזָה रियासत posjed, imanje (föld)birtok tanah milik landareign proprietà 地所 (특히 저택이 있는 광대한) 부지, 사유지 žemės valda, dvaras muiža (ar zemi) ladang landgoed gods, plantasje posiadłość propriedade proprietate поместье pozemky posestvo imanje lantegendom, gods, ägor ที่ดิน arazi, mülk 莊園 маєток جائیداد جو بڑے قطعئہ اراضي اور عموما ایک بڑے مکان پر مشتمل ہو điền trang
2 a piece of land developed for building etc a housing/industrial estate. eiendom قِطْعَة أرْض للعَمار имот parcela; zástavba boligkvarter; industriområde die Siedlung έκταση urbanización -rajoon شهرک؛ منطقه صنعتی asuma-alue lotissement אֵיזוֹר שִיכּוּן जागीर industrijski rajon (lakó-, gyár-, ipar)telep tanah byggingarsvæði lotto 団地 (도시 부근의) 주택 개발, 택지, 부지 rajonas rūpnieciskais rajons ladang woonwijk, industrieterrein boligfelt, industriområde teren lotes de construção/bairro lot участок застройки zástavba zemljišče posed bostads-, industri]område อสังหาริมทรัพย์ site kompleksi 房地產 земельне володіння کسی خاص مقصد سے تیار کردہ علاقہ khu xây dựng
3 a person's total possessions (property, money etc) His estate was divided among his sons. boedel أمْلاك، عَقارات състояние majetek bo; formue der Besitz περιουσία bienes vara ماترک؛ ارثیه perintö biens רְכוּש कुल संपत्ति imetak vagyon tanah milik eignir; eftirlátnar eigur beni 財産 (전체적인) 재산 turtas īpašums estet nalatenschap (døds)bo, formue, midler majątek, mienie bens avere имущество majetok posest imetak egendom, ägodelar, tillgångar มรดก para ve mal varlığı 財產 майно کسی شخص کی تمام جائیداد ، مال وغیرہ tài sản
estate agent
a person whose job is to sell houses and land. eiendomsagent سِمْسار عَقارات брокер realitní agent ejendomsmægler der Makler κτηματομεσίτης agente inmobiliario kinnisvaramaakler دلال معاملات و ملکی kiinteistönvälittäjä agent, ente, immobilier/-ière מְתָווֵך דִירוֹת भूसंपत्ति, अभिकर्ता: posrednik za prodaju nekretnina ingatlanügynök agen tanah fasteignasali agente immobiliare 不動産業者 부동산 중개업자 nekilnojamojo turto prekybos agentas nekustamā īpašuma aģents ejen tanah makelaar eiendomsmekler pośrednik w handlu nieruchomościami agente imobiliário gospodărie агент по продаже недвижимости realitný agent zemljiščni posrednik agent za nekretnine fastighetsmäklare คนที่ทำงานเกี่ยวกับการขายบ้านและที่ดิน emlâkçı 房地產經紀人 агент по нерухомості جائداد کی خرید و فروخت کا دلال người kinh doanh nhà đất
n eˈstate-car
(Americanstation wagon) a car with a large area behind the seats for luggage etc, and a rear door. stasiewa سَيّارَة ذات ظَهْر للتَّحْميل комби kombi stationcar der Kombiwagen αυτοκίνητο στέισον βάγκον coche familiar kombi اتومبیل استیشن farmariauto familiale מְכוֹנִית סְטֵיישן एक तरह का वाहन kamionet kombi mobil keluarga skutbíll giardinetta ステーションワゴン 스테이션 왜건 (toks automobilis) furgontipa vieglā automašīna kereta estet stationcar stasjonsvogn samochód kombi carrinha легковой автомобиль с кузовом универсал kombi karavan karavan auto herrgårdsvagn, kombi[] รถยนต์ประเภทสเตชั่นแวกอนเป็นรถใช้โดยสารและข้างหลังใช้บรรทุกสัมภาระได้ steyşın araba 客貨兩用轎車 легкова вантажівка مسافروں اور سامان کو لے جانے والی گاڑی جس میں سامان کے لۓ ایک پچھلا دروازہ بھی ہوتا ہے xe có ngăn riêng để hành lý 轿

estate عِزبة statek ejendom Landsitz κτήμα estado kartano propriété imanje patrimonio 地所 부동산 landgoed eiendom posiadłość estado, propriedade поместье gods ทรัพย์สินที่ดิน malikane bất động sản 财产


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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.
"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.
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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