estate

Estate is part of the Academic Word List. It is important for students in college and university.

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Noun

Singular estate

Plural estates

1. Someone's estate is everything they own, or everything they leave when they die.

   Because he had no family, he left his estate to the church.

2. An estate is a large area of land with a large house on it.

   On the weekend, we went fishing at her country estate.

See also

• real estate