estate
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- The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.
- state; condition.
- Status, rank.
- The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions.
- (obsolete) A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman.
- A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights (Estates of the realm).
- The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land.
- An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership.
- The landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government.
- A housing estate.
- A station wagon; a car with a tailgate (or liftgate) and storage space to the rear of the seating which is coterminous with the passenger compartment (and often extensible into that compartment via folding or removable seating).
- (obsolete) The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.
- An organization's collective information technology resources.
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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ɪˈsteɪt/
Etimologia
From Middle English estat, from Anglo-Norman estat and Old French estat (French: état), from Latin status. Doublet of state and status.
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