estate

Plural: estates

Noun

• everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities
• extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
  • "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"
• 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
• The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.
• state; condition.
• Status, rank.
• The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions.
• 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).
• The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.
• An organization's collective information technology resources.

Adj

• Previously owned; secondhand.

Verb

Verb Forms: estated, estating, estates

• To provide someone with landed property or a substantial holding.
• To give an estate to.
• To bestow upon.

Examples

• By playing ESTATE, she hoped to establish a strong foothold on the board, controlling key areas.

Synonyms

acres, demesne, estate of the realm, land, landed estate, the three estates, estate car, station sedan, station wagon, wagon

Anagrams of estate