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
Other Word Forms
- real-estate adjective
Etymology
Origin of real estate
First recorded in 1640–45
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Example Sentences
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“Whenever we subsidize mortgages, guess what? It all gets capitalized into home prices,” said Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, real estate and finance professor at Columbia University’s graduate school of business.
But real estate insiders say the property is badly in need of remodeling, with aging office spaces, tiny windows, fickle elevators and a pesky rodent population among its ills.
From Barron's
The measure would exempt directly held real estate, pensions and retirement accounts from the calculation of net worth.
From Los Angeles Times
“Early on, the market was very active. A lot of Altadenans, a lot of La Cañadans, a lot of people wanted to be involved in the rebuild,” said Fuller, a real estate agent in Altadena.
From Los Angeles Times
Wall Street, which has been throwing money at utilities and data-center real estate industrial trusts, loves the idea.
From Barron's
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