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Meaning of reit | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ɹiːt/

Definitions

  1. Acronym of real estate investment trust, an investment device where the holding company uses the funds invested to hold real estate.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  2. sedge; seaweed
    UK, countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“The Squillae[…]live in marine[…]places: their meat is oisters, and reites.”
“Some have used sale-leasebacks to real-estate investment trusts (REITs). In a sale-leaseback, a hospital sells its facilities, and then leases back those same facilities from the REIT.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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