realtor
/ˈɹi(ə)l.təɹ/
realtor noun: a person or business that sells or leases out real estate, acting as an agent for the property owner.
Noun
realtor (plural realtors)
- A person or business that sells or leases out real estate, acting as an agent for the property owner.
- It was composed of an engineer, if I remember correctly, a town planner, a realtor, and occasionally an architect […]1919, Mr. Shannon, U.S. Housing Corporation. Hearings Before a Subcommittee, United States Senate
- First place, we ought to insist that folks call us ‘realtors’ and not ‘real-estate men.’ Sounds more like a reg’lar profession.1922, Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- estate agent, real estate agent
realtor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
realtor in Hindi
- रियल्टर, रियाल्टर
realtor in Tamil
- ரியால்டர்
realtor in Marathi
- रिअल्टर, रियल्टर
realtor in Urdu
- رئیلٹر, ریئلٹر, ریالٹر
More languagesFewer languages
- realtor in Bengali
- স্থাবর সম্পত্তির নিযুক্তক
- realtor in Telugu
- రియల్టర్, రియాల్టర్
- realtor in Malayalam
- റിയൽറ്റർ
- realtor in Kannada
- ರಿಯಾಲ್ಟರ್, ರಿಯಲ್ಟರ್
- realtor in Punjabi
- ਰੀਅਲਟਰ, ਰਿਅਲਟਰ, ਰੀਅਲਟਾਰ
- realtor in Gujarati
- રિયલ્ટર, રીઅલ્ટર
- realtor in Odia
- ରିଅଲ୍ଟର, ରିଯ଼େଲ୍ଟର, ରିଏଲ୍ଟର
- realtor in Nepali
- रियल्टर, रियाल्टर, रिअल्टर
- realtor in Vietnamese
- địa ốc viên, chuyên viên địa ốc, chuyên viên bất động sản
Examples of realtor in a sentence
- Intrigued by the prospect of an additional commission, the realtor hurriedly assured me he foresaw no problem in obtaining the lease.1975, Jerzy Kosiński, Cockpit, Grove Press, published 1998, page 189:
- The terms agent, broker, and realtor are often used interchangeably.1997, Douglas A. Gray, Canadian home buying made easy, second edition, page 72:
- The realtor was like a carnivore, ready to spring.2003, Gary Andrew Dresden, Confessions of a Gynecologist, iUniverse, page 111:
Synonyms of realtor
Forms of realtor
| plural | realtors |
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Origin of realtor
From real (in real estate) and -or. Coined by Charles N. Chadbourn in 1916, on the model of Latin agent nouns ending in -tor (such as actor, creator), to refer to real-estate professionals who are members of the National Association of Realtors, a trade association in the United States. Equivalent to realt(y) + -or.
Questions about realtor
- What does realtor mean?
- Realtor means a person or business that sells or leases out real estate, acting as an agent for the property owner.
- What is realtor in Hindi?
- Realtor in Hindi is रियल्टर, रियाल्टर. See Realtor meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use realtor in a sentence?
- Intrigued by the prospect of an additional commission, the realtor hurriedly assured me he foresaw no problem in obtaining the lease.
- What part of speech is realtor?
- Realtor is a noun.
- How do you pronounce realtor?
- Realtor is pronounced /ˈɹi(ə)l.təɹ/ (US).
- What is the plural of realtor?
- The plural of realtor is realtors.
Words near realtor in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: realtor (page history and authors); realtor (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); realtor (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); realtor (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); realtor (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); realtor (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); realtor (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); realtor (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); realtor (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); realtor (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); realtor (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); realtor (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); realtor (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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