estate
IPA: ɪstˈeɪt
noun
- The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.
- (now rare, archaic) state; condition.
- (archaic) Status, rank.
- (archaic) The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions.
- (obsolete) A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman.
- (historical) 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 (Estates of the realm).
- (law) The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land.
- An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership.
- The landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government.
- (UK, sometimes derogatory) A housing estate.
- (UK, automotive) 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).
- (obsolete) The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.
- (computing) An organization's collective information technology resources.
verb
- (obsolete, transitive) To give an estate to.
- (obsolete, transitive) To bestow upon.
adjective
- (jewelry, euphemistic) Previously owned; secondhand.
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