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real estate

/ˈɹiːl əˌsteɪt/

real estate noun: property that cannot easily be moved, usually buildings and the ground on which they are built.

Noun

real estate (uncountable)

  1. Property that cannot easily be moved, usually buildings and the ground on which they are built.
    • They failed to find any investors for the construction of new real estate on the north side.
    • The "Golden Horseshoe", the commercial and industrial end of Lake Ontario, is the most crowded real estate in Canada.1982, J. A. Kraulis, Ontario, page 6
  2. (informal) Space used for a particular purpose.
    • Virtual desktops allow you to stretch your screen real estate well beyond its normal size.2007, Preston Gralla, Big Book of Windows Hacks

real estate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

real estate in Hindi

property that cannot easily be moved
भू-संपदा bhū-sampdā, अचल संपत्ति acal sampatti, स्थावर संपत्ति sthāvar sampatti

real estate in Tamil

மெய்ப் பேட்டை, அசையாப் பொருள்கையாளுகை, நில, நில உடைமைகள், மனை வாங்கல், விற்றல் தொழில்

real estate in Urdu

property that cannot easily be moved
غَیر مَنْقُولَہ جائِداد ġair manqūla jāidād, جائِداد jāidād

real estate in Telugu

real estate
స్థిరాస్తి sthirāsti
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real estate in Kannada
ನೆಲೆವಾಳ್, ನೆಲೆವಾಳು, ನೆಲವಾಳ್, ನೆಲವಾಳು
real estate in Tagalog
pingkas
real estate in Arabic
عَقَار ʕaqār
real estate in Malay
hartanah, harta tanah
real estate in Indonesian
lahan yasan, real estat
real estate in Thai
อสังหาริมทรัพย์ à-sǎng-hǎa-rí-má-sáp
real estate in Vietnamese
bất động sản, địa ốc, không gian
real estate in Myanmar
ထာဝရဥစ္စာ htawa.ra.ucca

Synonyms of real estate

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Forms of real estate

alternative formreal-estate
alternative formrealestate

Origin of real estate

Estate that is real, in the legal sense of "relating to immovable tangible property". This sense of the word ultimately goes back to Latin, where reālis could be used similarly.

Words formed from real estate

Questions about real estate

What does real estate mean?
Real estate means property that cannot easily be moved, usually buildings and the ground on which they are built.
What is real estate in Hindi?
Real estate in Hindi is भू-संपदा (bhū-sampdā), अचल संपत्ति (acal sampatti), स्थावर संपत्ति (sthāvar sampatti). See Real estate meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is real estate?
Real estate is a noun.
How do you pronounce real estate?
Real estate is pronounced /ˈɹiːl əˌsteɪt/.

Words near real estate in the dictionary

  1. real deals
  2. real diaper
  3. real diapers
  4. real economies
  5. real economy
  6. real estate
  7. real estate agent
  8. real estate agents
  9. real estate investment trust
  10. real estate investment trusts
  11. real estate owned

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: real estate (page history and authors); real estate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); స్థిరాస్తి (Telugu) (page history and authors); real estate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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