estate

Academic Word List, sublist 6.

About 28.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. noun State; condition.
3. noun Status, rank.
4. noun The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions.
5. noun A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman.
6. 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 (Estates of the realm).
7. noun The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land.
8. noun An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership.

Similar words

demesne land acres estate of the realm landed estate landownership property inheritance legacy realty

Often followed by

of in and tax is to or was for

Word family

estates