estate

estate
noun
1 land owned by a person/family/organization
ADJECTIVE
big, great, huge, large, substantial, vast
sprawling

the family mansion and sprawling country estate

small
country, rural

the family's country estate

grand, palatial

He owned a palatial estate in California.

royal
family

the family estate at Kostroma

landed (esp. BrE)

Gilbert was heir to an extensive landed estate.

sugar, wine

Bordeaux's most famous wine estate

freehold, leasehold (both BrE, law)
VERB + ESTATE
have, own

The family owns a large estate in the north.

buy

Queen Victoria bought the estate in 1848.

manage, run
ESTATE + NOUN
manager, owner, worker (BrE)
management
agency, agent (both BrE) (real estate agency, real estate agent in AmE)
PREPOSITION
on an/the estate

the number of people living on the estate

estate of

an estate of 20 000 acres

PHRASES
an heir to an estate

The young prince is the heir to a vast estate in the west of the country.

2 (BrE) land with a lot of buildings of the same type
ADJECTIVE
large, massive
small
deprived, run-down

youngsters living on deprived housing estates

council, housing
private
industrial, trading

The factory is on a large industrial estate on the outskirts of town.

VERB + ESTATE
build
PREPOSITION
on an/the estate

She lives on a council estate in Leeds.

3 (law) property that sb leaves when they die
ADJECTIVE
personal
taxable

assets from your taxable estate

VERB + ESTATE
bequeath (formal), leave

The bulk of his estate was bequeathed to his son Jacob.

She left her whole estate to her niece.

inherit

She inherited her father's estate.

own

His personal estate is worth $30 million.

settle

It took seven years to settle the estate.

ESTATE + VERB
be valued at sth, be worth sth
ESTATE + NOUN
tax (AmE)

to transfer estate taxes to the next generation

sale

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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  • Estate — may refer to: * Estate (law), a term used in common law to signify the total of a person s property, entitlements and obligations *Estate (social), a broad social category in the histories of certain countries * Immovable property, real estate or …   Wikipedia

  • Estate — Es*tate ([e^]s*t[=a]t ), n. [OF. estat, F. [ e]tat, L. status, fr. stare to stand. See {Stand}, and cf. {State}.] 1. Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation. When I came to man …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • estate — 1. The meaning of estate in the term three estates of the realm is a historical one, ‘an order or class forming part of the body politic’. The three estates are the Lords Spiritual (i.e. the heads of the Church), the Lords Temporal (i.e. the… …   Modern English usage

  • estate — early 13c., rank, standing, condition, from Anglo Fr. astat, O.Fr. estat state, position, condition, health, status, legal estate (Mod.Fr. état), from L. status state or condition, from root of stare to stand from PIE root *sta to stand (see STET …   Etymology dictionary

  • Estate — Es*tate , v. t. 1. To establish. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 2. Tom settle as a fortune. [Archaic] Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To endow with an estate. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] Then would I . . . Estate them with large land and territory.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • estate — ► NOUN 1) a property consisting of a large house and extensive grounds. 2) Brit. an area of land and modern buildings developed for residential, industrial, or commercial purposes. 3) a property where crops such as coffee or rubber are cultivated …   English terms dictionary

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