real estate
real estates
You don't need to own a fancy estate to own real estate. If you own an apartment, a cabin, or even a little plot of land, you own real estate.
If your grandmother is thinking about buying a condo, she's in the market for real estate, and if your family owns more than one house, they've invested money in real estate. Someone whose job involves helping people buy and sell houses might say, "I work in real estate." This term was first recorded around 1660, but even earlier the word real was used in law for "immovable property."
Definitions of real estate
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property consisting of houses and land
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synonyms:
immovable, real property, realty
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types:
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acres, demesne, estate, land, landed estate
extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
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land
the land on which real estate is located
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dead hand, mortmain
real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation)
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freehold
an estate held in fee simple or for life
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glebe
plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office
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leasehold
land or property held under a lease
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smallholding
a piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation
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homestead
land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law
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farmstead
the buildings and adjacent grounds of a farm
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homestead
the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
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no man's land
land that is unowned and uninhabited (and usually undesirable)
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feoff, fief
a piece of land held under the feudal system
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barony
the estate of a baron
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countryseat
an estate in the country
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Crown land
land that belongs to the Crown
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manor
the landed estate of a lord (including the house on it)
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seigneury, seigniory, signory
the estate of a seigneur
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hacienda
a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries
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plantation
an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas)
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entail
land received by fee tail
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type of:
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belongings, holding, property
something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone
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