An estate is everything comprising the net worth of an individual, including all land and real estate, possessions, financial securities, cash, and other assets that the individual owns or has a controlling interest in.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
estate (noun)1.
- state condition
2.
social standing or rank especially of a high order
3.
a social or political class , specifically one of the great classes (as the nobility, the clergy, and the commons) formerly vested with distinct political powers
4.
a) the degree, quality, nature, and extent of one's interest in land or other property
b) (1) - possessions property , especially a person's property in land and tenements - a man of small estate
(2) the assets and liabilities left by a person at death
c) a landed property usually with a large house on it
d) British - project
5.
British - station wagon
6.
- farm plantation , also - vineyard
previously owned by another and usually of high quality - estate jewelry
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
estate (noun)1.
a large impressive residence
SYNONYMS:
castle, château, estate, hacienda, hall, manor, manor house, manse, palace, villaRELATED WORDS:
showplace; abode, domicile, dwelling, habitation, hearth, home, house, lodging(s), pad, place; housing, nest, quarter(s), residency, roof; great house; country house, countryseat; aerie, penthouse; salon, suite, town house2.
a state of being or fitness
SYNONYMS:
estate, fettle, form, health, keeping, kilter, nick, order, repair, shape, trimRELATED WORDS:
practice ( practise); pass, phase, stage; footing, picture, posture, scene, status, situation; rank, standingNEAR ANTONYMS:
disorder, disrepair3.
one of the segments of society into which people are grouped
SYNONYMS:
caste, estate, folk, gentry, order, stratumRELATED WORDS:
bracket, echelon, grade, layer, level, tier; place, position, rank, standing, status; food chain, grouping, hierarchy, stratification; clan, family, fraternity, people, race, tribe; subcaste4.
a piece of land and its buildings used to grow crops or raise livestock
SYNONYMS:
estate, farmstead, grange, ranchRELATED WORDS:
cropland, farmland, farmyard; farmhouse, hacienda, homestead, manor, plantation, spread; croft [], smallholding [], station, steading; garden, orchardSynonyms:
legacy, assets, inheritance
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