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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Walter and his wife bought a nature reserve in Florida and ski-town real estate in Colorado.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
They seem to be taking up a lot of mental real estate, and they don’t have to.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
The sale smashes the record previously set for a residential real estate deal in the Hualālai, which previously stood at $30.2 million, according to Kildow.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
There could be "a shift in tourism and real estate, from southern Europe to cooler northern destinations", Ozkardeskaya said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
And he even had a sort of preppie, arrogant air about him: If I’d run into him wearing tasseled loafers in some uptown real estate developer’s office, I wouldn’t have blinked an eye.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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