estate

Noun

1. The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.
2. (archaic) state; condition.
3. (archaic) Status, rank.
4. (archaic) The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions.
5. (obsolete) A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman.
6. (historical) 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).
7. The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land.
8. An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership.
9. The landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government.
10. (UK, derogatory, sometimes) A housing estate.
11. (UK) 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).
12. (obsolete) The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.
13. An organization's collective information technology resources.

Adj

Previously owned; secondhand.

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To give an estate to.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To bestow upon.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈsteɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: estat

In summary

From Middle English estat, from Anglo-Norman estat and Old French estat (French: état), from Latin status. Doublet of state and status.

Synonyms

property

farm

ranch

land

manor

capital

inheritance

ownership

demesne

domain

belongings

wealth

possessions

fortune

assets

possession

holding

realty

state

farmstead

legacy

status

condition

plantation

real estate

patrimony

zamin

landed estate

landed property

lot

treasure

estate of the realm

the three estates

industrial

riches

acres

standing

substance

heritage

hacienda

bequest

class

asset

territory

farmyard

claim

facility

circumstance

belonging

dominions

Translations

propriété

propiedad

proprietà

tenuta

vicus

hisenda

Gut

finca

eigendom

propriedade

Landgut

hacienda

domaine

ιδιοκτησία

Grundstück

Sentences

He continued the work with expanding the estate through the acquisition of more land .

Glengarry's estate was much mortgaged and encumbered .