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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As Goyer also found, the best companies in this area have an actual estate team that is trained — and knows what it is doing.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026
Unfortunately, it isn’t easy to know how your father’s estate would work without seeing the actual estate plan.
From Slate • Nov. 28, 2022
The Trump children were able to get their hands on their parents’ actual estate and eventually sell it in 2004, with Donald Trump getting around $235 million.
From Slate • Oct. 3, 2018
Meantime there was a progressive movement in actual estate practice towards a greater conservatism in bark removal, and hence the experiments as originally planned lost value.
From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney
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