Estate ɪˈsteɪt Family Country Large Left Noun Lives

• she lives in a tower block on an estate in london.
• a 3 000-acre estate
• the poet's childhood was spent on a country estate.
• she receives rent from all the people whose cottages are on estate land.

estate

1. an area of land with a lot of houses or factories of the same type on it
• SEE ALSO council estate
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/council-estate
• She lives in a tower block on an estate in London.
2. a large area of land, usually in the country, that is owned by one person or family
• a 3 000-acre estate
• The poet's childhood was spent on a country estate.
• She receives rent from all the people whose cottages are on estate land.

Extra Examples

• Gilbert was heir to an extensive landed estate.
• He owned a palatial estate in California.
• Queen Victoria bought the estate in 1848.
• The family owns a large estate in the north of the country.
• the family estate at Kostroma
• the family mansion and sprawling country estate
3. all the money and property that a person owns, especially everything that is left when they die
• Her estate was left to her daughter.
• He left estate valued at a million dollars.

Extra Examples

• He owns personal estate worth $30 million.
• It took seven years to settle the estate.
• The bulk of his estate was bequeathed to his son Jacob.
• assets from your taxable estate
• to transfer estate taxes to the next generation
4. a car with a lot of space behind the back seats and a door at the back for loading large items

Word Origin

• Middle English (in the sense ‘state or condition’): from Old French estat, from Latin status ‘state, condition’, from stare ‘to stand’.