realty

[ree-uh l-tee, reel-]

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noun

real property or real estate.

Origin of realty

First recorded in 1400–50, realty is from the late Middle English word realte. See real¹, -ty²

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Related Words for realty

estate, soil, terrain, home, earth, continent, ground, plot, district, area, field, homeland, territory, beach, province, parcel, countryside, acreage, tract, nation

Examples from the Web for realty

Contemporary Examples of realty

Christophe Choo of the realty company Coldwell Banker in Beverly Hills is also convinced Petra is the buyer.
The Mystery of the Spelling Mansion
Nicole LaPorte
June 21, 2011
Realty demands that Mark McGwire is a fallen hero; his sins bear directly on his supposed heroics.
Who Cares What Tiger Did?
Conor Friedersdorf
November 28, 2009

Historical Examples of realty

"I—I'll believe it if you say on your honor that it realty is so," he replied slowly.
Mother West Wind "When" Stories
Thornton W. Burgess
In this he is aided not only by his brokers, but by realty companies.
Half a Man
Mary White Ovington
He said title-deeds savoured of the Realty, and it was not felony to steal them.
Amelia
Henry Fielding
Do you realty mean that you think of going there as a servant, Mrs. Conway?
One of the 28th
G. A. Henty
It cannot be amiss to consider this phenomenon as it realty is.
Varied Types
G. K. Chesterton

British Dictionary definitions for realty

realty

noun

another term for real property

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Word Origin and History for realty

1660s, "real estate," from earlier meaning (1540s) "real possession," earlier "reality" (mid-15c.), from real (adj.) + -ty (2). Cf. reality.