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re·al es·tate

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. real property, real estate, realty, immovablenoun

    property consisting of houses and land

Wiktionary

  1. real estatenoun

    Property that cannot easily be moved, usually buildings and the ground they are built on.

  2. real estatenoun

    Available space.

  3. Etymology: real; from Latin res, matter or thing + status, state or condition

Wikipedia

  1. Real estate

    Real estate is property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, (more generally) buildings or housing in general. In terms of law, real is in relation to land property and is different from personal property while estate means the "interest" a person has in that land property.Real estate is different from personal property, which is not permanently attached to the land, such as vehicles, boats, jewelry, furniture, tools and the rolling stock of a farm. In the United States, the transfer, owning, or acquisition of real estate can be through business corporations, individuals, nonprofit corporations, fiduciaries, or any legal entity as seen within the law of each U.S. state.

ChatGPT

  1. real estate

    Real estate, also known as real property, refers to land and anything permanently affixed to it, including buildings, houses, and natural resources like water, minerals, or crops. It can be categorized into residential, commercial, industrial, and raw land types. Real estate can be bought, sold, or rented, making it a significant part of the economy and a common investment.

Wikidata

  1. Real Estate

    Real estate is "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or housing in general. Also: the business of real estate; the profession of buying, selling, or renting land, buildings or housing." It is a legal term used in jurisdictions such as the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. real estate

    May be used for any critical resource measured in units of area. Most frequently used of chip real estate, the area available for logic on the surface of an integrated circuit (see also nanoacre). May also be used of floor space in a dinosaur pen, or even space on a crowded desktop (whether physical or electronic).

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of real estate in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of real estate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of real estate in a Sentence

  1. Philip Emma:

    That's the ironic part. You would think that if Sears Holdings still had a core demographic, Sears Holdings would be Mr. and Middle America. But Sears Holdings's not the plan going forward, sears Holdings may underscore the fact that Sears' plans are less about retail and more about the real estate.

  2. Louis Kuijs:

    Continued downward pressures from real estate and exports caused gross domestic product (GDP) growth to drop to 6.9 percent, we think overall growth will soften more into 2016.

  3. Svetlin Krastev:

    I'm seeing this more and more, people want to have exposure to real estate, but it would take all of their assets to get a residence in the city.

  4. Patrick Perret-Green:

    Millions of contracts with multiple counterparties, everyone was trying to work out their exposure, with Evergrande it depresses the entire real estate sector.

  5. Julie Metcalf Kinney:

    The tactics we are facing, of sneaky and illegal foreclosure tactics, predatory banking and loans, elected judges who take campaign contributions from the real estate industry, coupled with violence from law enforcement and no real due process, have been used across this historically Black neighborhood to displace Black and poor people, if Black and Indigenous lives matter in Portland, this must stop.


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