Definitions for estate
ɪˈsteɪtes·tate

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. estate(noun)

   everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities

2. estate, land, landed estate, acres, demesne(noun)

   extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

   "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"

3. estate of the realm, estate, the three estates(noun)

   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

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. estate(Noun)

   state; condition

   Etymology: From astat, from estat (French: état).

2. estate(Noun)

   status, rank

   Etymology: From astat, from estat (French: état).

3. estate(Noun)

   The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions

   Etymology: From astat, from estat (French: état).

4. estate(Noun)

   A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman

   Etymology: From astat, from estat (French: état).

5. estate(Noun)

   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 (w:Estates of the realm)

   Etymology: From astat, from estat (French: état).

6. estate(Noun)

   The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land

   Etymology: From astat, from estat (French: état).

7. estate(Noun)

   An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership

   Etymology: From astat, from estat (French: état).

8. estate(Noun)

   The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person

   Etymology: From astat, from estat (French: état).

9. estate(Noun)

   A housing estate

   Etymology: From astat, from estat (French: état).

10. estate(Noun)

    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)

    Etymology: From astat, from estat (French: état).

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Estate(noun)

   settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation

   Etymology: [OF. estat, F. tat, L. status, fr. stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. State.]

2. Estate(noun)

   social standing or rank; quality; dignity

   Etymology: [OF. estat, F. tat, L. status, fr. stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. State.]

3. Estate(noun)

   a person of high rank

   Etymology: [OF. estat, F. tat, L. status, fr. stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. State.]

4. Estate(noun)

   a property which a person possesses; a fortune; possessions, esp. property in land; also, property of all kinds which a person leaves to be divided at his death

   Etymology: [OF. estat, F. tat, L. status, fr. stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. State.]

5. Estate(noun)

   the state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs

   Etymology: [OF. estat, F. tat, L. status, fr. stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. State.]

6. Estate(noun)

   the great classes or orders of a community or state (as the clergy, the nobility, and the commonalty of England) or their representatives who administer the government; as, the estates of the realm (England), which are (1) the lords spiritual, (2) the lords temporal, (3) the commons

   Etymology: [OF. estat, F. tat, L. status, fr. stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. State.]

7. Estate(noun)

   the degree, quality, nature, and extent of one's interest in, or ownership of, lands, tenements, etc.; as, an estate for life, for years, at will, etc

   Etymology: [OF. estat, F. tat, L. status, fr. stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. State.]

8. Estate(verb)

   to establish

   Etymology: [OF. estat, F. tat, L. status, fr. stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. State.]

9. Estate(verb)

   tom settle as a fortune

   Etymology: [OF. estat, F. tat, L. status, fr. stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. State.]

10. Estate(verb)

    to endow with an estate

    Etymology: [OF. estat, F. tat, L. status, fr. stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. State.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Estate

   An estate comprises the houses and outbuildings and supporting farmland and woods that surround the gardens and grounds of a very large property, such as a country house or mansion. It is the modern term for a manor, but lacks the latter's now abolished jurisdictional authority. It is an "estate" because the profits from its produce and rents are sufficient to support the household in the house at its center, formerly known as the manor house. Thus "the estate" may refer to all other cottages and villages in the same ownership as the mansion itself, covering more than one former manor. An example of such great estates are Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire, England, and Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire built to replace the former manor house of Woodstock. "Estate", with its "stately home" connotations, has been a natural candidate for inflationary usage during the 20th century. An estate properly so-called should comprise several farms, and is not well used to describe a single farm.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Estate

   es-tāt′, n. condition or rank: position: property, esp. landed property: fortune: an order or class of men in the body-politic: (pl.) dominions: possessions.—v.t. to give an estate to: (arch.) to bestow upon.—n. Estates′man, statesman.—Man's estate, the state of manhood; The estates of the realm are three—Lords Spiritual, Lords Temporal, and Commons; but often misused for the legislature—king, lords, and commons.—The ancient parliament of Scotland consisted of the king and the Three Estates—viz.: (1) archbishops, bishops, abbots, and mitred priors; (2) the barons and the commissioners of shires and stewartries; (3) the commissioners from the royal burghs;—in France, the nobles, clergy, and Third Estate (tiers état) remained separate down to 1789; The fourth estate, often used humorously for the press. [O. Fr. estat (Fr. état)—L. status, a state.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'estate' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1983

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'estate' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1656

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'estate' in Nouns Frequency: #634

Anagrams for estate »

1. eatest, tea set

2. Eatest

3. Tea set

How to pronounce estate?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of estate in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of estate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of estate in a Sentence

1. Robert Bloom:

   What it means is that Lloyd's family might be able to collect from the estate, they would have an action against the estate because of the wrongful death of their family member.

2. Nav Athwal:

   We are very eager to one day be able to open our platform to anybody that wants to put $1,000 or a couple hundred bucks into real estate, because let's face it, real estate is one of the best ways to build wealth and you shouldn't have to have a certain net worth to invest in real estate.

3. Michael Lauber:

   Where needed, financial assets have been seized, including real estate, for example flats in the Swiss Alps, i would like to emphasize that investments in real estate can be misused for the purpose of money laundering.

4. Zhang Yanbing:

   Obviously this is a big deal for the economy in the long term, dairy and baby-related stocks are all benefiting, and I expect real estate, education and healthcare to also get some support.

5. Zhou Xiaochoan:

   For the central bank, we think basically to keep monetary policy stable because this is not a nationwide serious problem, generally, if the average indicator of the Chinese economy is OK, the way for the central bank to have a specific policy targeted to the real estate market is difficult.

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