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. Emily Crose:

   I trust a team of trained security experts from NSA way more than I trust a guy named Jared who sells real estate, it's not up to Jared to decide what the best answer to security is for his official communications. That's not his business.

2. Yasuhiro Narita:

   From a concentration risk perspective, it appears to be high risk, while Citic is a conglomerate, it deals with areas such as real estate and raw materials development which are facing deteriorating conditions, we need to note the possibility of future losses.

3. Carly Fiorina:

   I can take the secretary I used to be, but they don't help her and they don't help that nine-person real estate firm.

4. Gareth Ramsay:

   The FPC is particularly interested in what's going on in commercial real estate, buy-to-let lending, and credit conditions more generally.

5. Zhou Xiaochoan:

   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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