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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The Marks family real estate firm bought the property in 1972 and turned it into a center for home furnishings and antiques.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s been a rough year for the real estate investment trust, which owns interests in roughly 30 million square feet of New York office space.
From Barron's
My mental real estate around food is finite.
From Salon
SYDNEY—City-center offices appear more resilient than suburban real estate to job cuts that artificial intelligence could bring to Australia’s white-collar workforce.
“Everybody wants to come to this building, and everybody who does has a transcendental experience,” David Arena, the bank’s head of real estate, said last year.
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