- estate
- I(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)n. state, status, rank, condition, station, degree; property, fortune, possessions, effects, interest, land, holdings; abode. See possession, class.II(Roget's IV) n.1. [An extensive residence]Syn. holdings, land, property, manor, grounds, domain, farm, rural seat, country place, country home, plantation, ranch, hacienda, freehold, territory, fields, realty.2. [Possessions left at one's death]Syn. property, bequest, inheritance, fortune, endowment, wealth, legacy, heritage, patrimony, belongings, possessions, chattels, effects, earthly possessions, personal property, private property.• the fourth estate,III(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.1. assets property, holdings, resources, wealth, fortune, belongings, possessions.2. manor acreage, holdings, dominion, domain, residence, plantation.IV(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. Usually extensive real estate: acre (often used in plural), land, property. See OWNED. 2. Something, as land and assets, legally possessed: holding (often used in plural), possession (used in plural), property. See LAW, OWNED.
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