Meaning of estate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. pay, payment
2. The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.
3. A form of social stratification which is recognized by the legal system. Commonly, estates were formed around the following groups: the nobility, the clergy, the peasants.
4. first-person singular present indicative of pagar
5. state; condition.
   archaic
6. a person whose job is to sell houses and land. eiendomsagent سِمْسار عَقارات брокер agente imobiliário realitní agent der Makler ejendomsmægler κτηματομεσίτηςagente inmobiliario kinnisvaramaakler دلال معاملات و ملکی kiinteistönvälittäjä agent, ente, immobilier/-ière מְתָווֵך דִירוֹת भूसंपत्ति, अभिकर्ता: posrednik za prodaju nekretnina ingatlanügynök agen tanah fasteignasali agente immobiliare 不動産業者 부동산 중개업자 nekilnojamojo turto prekybos agentas nekustamā īpašuma aģents ejen tanah makelaareiend...
7. Status, rank.
   archaic
8. (American station wagon) a car with a large area behind the seats for luggage etc, and a rear door. stasiewa سَيّارَة ذات ظَهْر للتَّحْميل комби camioneta kombi der Kombiwagen stationcar αυτοκίνητο στέισον βάγκον coche familiar kombi اتومبیل استیشن farmariauto familiale מְכוֹנִית סְטֵיישן एक तरह का वाहन kamionet kombi mobil keluarga skutbíll giardinetta ステーションワゴン 스테이션 왜건 (toks automobilis) furgontipa vieglā automašīna kereta estet stationcarstasjonsvognsamochód kombi ایستګاه carrinha легковой...
   American
9. The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions.
   archaic
10. estado, condición de una persona, animal o cosa.
11. A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman.
    obsolete
12. A landed property, usually of considerable size.
13. A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights (Estates of the realm).
    historical
14. Law a. One's property, both real and personal, vested and contingent, especially as disposed of in a will.
    Law
15. The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land.
16. Chiefly British A housing development.
    Chiefly British
17. An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership.
18. The situation or circumstances of one's life: A child's estate gives way to the adult's estate.
19. The landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government.
20. Social position or rank, especially of high order.
21. A housing estate.
    UK, derogatory, sometimes
22. A major social class, such as the clergy, the nobility, or the commons, formerly possessing distinct political rights.
23. Ellipsis of estate car (“station wagon”).
    UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
24. The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.
    obsolete
25. An organization's collective information technology resources.

Equivalents

Examples

“But when I came to mans eſtate, With hey ho, [the winde and the raine], Gainſt Knaues and Theeues men ſhut their gate.”

“Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.”

“To remove therfore if it be possible, this great and sad oppression which through the strictnes of a literall interpreting hath invaded and disturb’d the dearest and most peaceable estate of houshold society, to the over-burdening, if not the over-whelming of many Christians better worth then to be so deserted of the Churches considerate care, this position shall be laid down; first proving, then answering what may be objected either from Scripture or light of reason.”

“God hath imprinted his authority in several parts, upon several estates of men.”

“And anone came oute of a chamber to hym the fayrest lady that euer he sawe & more rycher bysene than euer he sawe Quene Gueneuer or ony other estat Lo sayd they syre Bors here is the lady vnto whome we owe alle oure seruyse / and I trowe she be the rychest lady and the fayrest of alle the world”

“Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee.”

“I am afraid that some of the nobles who are campaigning for it simply want to use the Estates to cut down the King's power and increase their own.”

“The three estates of feudal lords, clergy and royal officers met in separate chambers, and exercised an advisory role.”

“It has been a long time since new follies were springing up across the great estates of Britain. But the owners of Doddington Hall, in Lincolnshire, have brought the folly into the 21st century, by building a 30ft pyramid in the grounds of the Elizabethan manor.”

“Professor Loretta Lees from King's College London's geography department says, "The word 'estate' has become synonymous with the term 'ghetto'. It's become a dirty word. Back in the '20s and '30s it didn't carry the same stigma."”

“I call matter of estate not only the parts of sovereignty, but whatsoever[…]concerneth manifestly any great portion of people.”

“This time, however, it only includes the static parameters that you expect to be consistent across your estate.”

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