real estate
Americannoun
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property, especially in land.
three acres of real estate.
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available space or capacity.
A bigger screen will give you extra real estate.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of real estate
First recorded in 1640–45
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The siphoned funds financed luxury real estate, a $250 million superyacht and the Hollywood film “The Wolf of Wall Street,” according to the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
In the late 1970s, during that period of Soviet patronage, Hall decided to get into real estate.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
In his plea, Max acknowledged bartering art for real estate and hiding income to buy real estate in Southampton, New York, the US Virgin Islands and upstate New York.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
The driver: Bonds can’t cover pension funds’ obligations like in the past, pushing them into bigger allocations to private debt, real estate, infrastructure and other areas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The Edgemont Community Council decided to picket Abe Greenberg’s real estate offices in downtown Durham.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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