estate
estate
/ɪˈsteɪt/
1 countable (British English) an area of land with a lot of houses or factories of the same type on it on an estate She lives in a tower block on an estate in London.
Collocations
adjective
verb + estate
preposition
on an/the estate
2 countable a large area of land, usually in the country, that is owned by one person or family a 3 000-acre estate
on an estate The poet's childhood was spent on a country estate.
She receives rent from all the people whose cottages are on estate land.
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
Collocations
adjective
biggreathuge…
verb + estate
haveownbuy…
estate + noun
managerownerworker…
preposition
on an/the estateestate of
phrases
an heir to an estate
3 (law) countable, uncountable 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.
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
Collocations
adjective
personaltaxable
verb + estate
bequeathleaveinherit…
estate + verb
be valued at somethingbe worth something
estate + noun
taxsale
4 countable (also estate car (both British English), North American English station wagon) 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’.