estate

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noun

es·tate i-ˈstāt How to pronounce estate (audio)

: state, condition

: social standing or rank especially of a high order

: a social or political class

specifically : one of the great classes (such as the nobility, the clergy, and the commons) formerly vested with distinct political powers

: the degree, quality, nature, and extent of one's interest in land or other property

b(1)

: possessions, property

especially : a person's property in land and tenements

a man of small estate

(2)

: the assets and liabilities left by a person at death

: a landed property usually with a large house on it

British : project sense 4

British : station wagon

: farm, plantation

also : vineyard

estate

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adjective

: previously owned by another and usually of high quality

estate jewelry

Example Sentences

Noun His estate is worth millions of dollars. He inherited the estate from his parents. the grounds of the estate

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The stunning Scottish hideaway has been in the family since 1845 when Prince Albert purchased the castle and sweeping estate.

Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2022 A year later, New York’s Museum of Modern Art acquired three pieces from the estate.

Sarah Medford, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2022 According to a new report by Entertainment Tonight, the Duchess of Sussex was not invited to join the royal family at the holiday estate.

Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 9 Sep. 2022 Charles arrived at Buckingham Palace from the Balmoral estate in Scotland, where the queen died Thursday at age 96.

Brendan Morrow, The Week, 9 Sep. 2022 Amazon stands firmly behind its cast and the decision to include more diversity, which was blessed by the Tolkien estate, producer Lindsay Weber told the Los Angeles Times.

Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022 Prince Harry, one of the queen's grandsons and the second son of now King Charles III, traveled to the Scotland estate where his grandmother died.

Tucker Reals, Haley Ott, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2022 Mourners stood at the gates of the private royal estate to pay tribute to Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and to witness this historic moment, one of many in this Scottish holiday home’s storied past.

Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 8 Sep. 2022 The seller, Randy Lyman, bought the estate in 2015 for roughly $3.8 million.

Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2022

Adjective

Currently popular items among these shops include vintage cameras and typewriters, pocket watches and timepieces, Victorian and estate jewelry, military memorabilia and World War II posters, sterling silver, and advertising signs.

Cheryl P. Rose, Houston Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2019 The third lot was zoned estate single-family detached dwelling district zoning.

Steve Lord, Aurora Beacon-News, 12 Oct. 2017 First, the lawyer who drew up your estate documents might be willing to serve as your executor, says Holly Isdale, founder of Wealthaven, a consulting firm in Bryn Mawr, Pa., that focuses on financial and estate plans.

Glenn Ruffenach, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2017 See More

Legal Definition

estate

noun

es·tate i-ˈstāt How to pronounce estate (audio)

: the interest of a particular degree, nature, quality, or extent that one has in land or other property compare fee, future interest at interest, remainder, reversion, tenancy

— absolute estate

: an estate that confers an absolute right to property and that is subject to no limitations, restrictions, or conditions : fee simple absolute at fee simple

— contingent estate

: an estate whose vesting is conditioned upon the happening or failure of some uncertain event

— equitable estate

: the estate of one that has a beneficial right to property which is legally owned by a trustee or a person regarded at equity as a trustee (as in the case of a use or power) compare legal estate in this entry

— estate at sufferance

: the estate in property held by one who remains in possession of or on the property after his or her lawful right to do so has ended

— estate at will

: an estate in property subject to termination at the will of another person

— estate by the entirety

: an estate held by a husband and wife together in which the whole property belongs to each of them and passes as a whole to the survivor upon the death of either of them to the exclusion of the deceased spouse's heirs

called also estate by the entireties

compare joint tenancy, tenancy by the entirety, and tenancy in common at tenancy

— estate for years

: an estate that terminates after a set period

— estate in expectancy

: an estate the enjoyment of which will take place at a future time : future interest at interest

— estate of inheritance

: an estate that can be inherited (as a fee simple as opposed to a life estate)

— estate on condition

: an estate subject to a contingency whose happening permits the grantor of the estate to terminate it if he or she so chooses compare fee simple determinable at fee simple

— estate pur autre vie

: a life estate measured by the life of a third person rather than that of the person enjoying the property

— estate tail estates tail

: an estate granted to a person and his or her direct descendants subject to a reverter or remainder upon the inheritance of the property by a grantee without direct descendants : fee tail at fee

— legal estate

: an estate to which one person (as a trustee) has legal title but of which another person has the right to the beneficial use compare equitable estate in this entry

— life estate

: an estate in property held only during or measured in duration by the lifetime of a specified individual and especially the individual enjoying the property see also life tenant

Note: Life estates are not estates of inheritance.

— vested estate

: an estate in which one has a right to enjoyment currently or sometime in the future

: all or designated items of a person's or entity's property considered as a whole

— bankruptcy estate

: the estate of a debtor in bankruptcy that includes all the debtor's legal and equitable interests in property as set out in the bankruptcy laws

called also debtor's estate

see also bankruptcy, trustee in bankruptcy

— personal estate

: all of a person's property except real property

broadly : all of the property belonging to a person

— separate estate

: an estate whose ownership and control is enjoyed by a person free from any rights or control of another (as a spouse)

: the assets and liabilities left by a person at death see also bequest, devise, freehold, heir, inheritance, intestate, leasehold, legacy, probate, testate, will

— augmented estate \\ ȯg-ˈmen-təd- \\

: a deceased person's probate estate increased in accordance with statutory provisions and especially by the addition of any property transferred by the deceased within two years of death, any joint tenancies, and any transfers in which the deceased retained either the right to revoke or the income for life

Note: In some states, the surviving spouse's elective share is distributed from the augmented estate.

— gross estate

: the estate of a person upon death defined by federal estate laws to include all of the deceased's real and personal property at death that may be passed by will or by intestate succession as well as specified property transferred by the deceased before death

— probate estate

: all of a deceased person's estate that is administered under the jurisdiction of the probate court

Note: Some assets, such as certain insurance proceeds, generally do not become part of the probate estate and are said to “pass outside of probate.”

— residuary estate

: all of what is left of an estate once the deceased person's debts and administration costs have been paid and all specific and general bequests and devises have been distributed

called also residual estate

— taxable estate

: the estate of a deceased person that is subject to estate tax

Note: Under federal estate tax law, the taxable estate is the gross estate less allowed deductions.

: the aggregate of a deceased person's property considered as a legal entity

: a tract of land especially affected by an easement

— dominant estate

: a tract of land that is benefited by an easement burdening a servient estate

— servient estate

: a tract of land that is burdened by an easement benefiting a dominant estate

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释义	estate 1 of 2 noun es·tate i-ˈstāt 1 : state, condition 2 : social standing or rank especially of a high order 3 : a social or political class specifically : one of the great classes (such as the nobility, the clergy, and the commons) formerly vested with distinct political powers 4 a : the degree, quality, nature, and extent of one's interest in land or other property b(1) : possessions, property especially : a person's property in land and tenements a man of small estate (2) : the assets and liabilities left by a person at death c : a landed property usually with a large house on it d British : project sense 4 5 British : station wagon 6 : farm, plantation also : vineyard estate 2 of 2 adjective : previously owned by another and usually of high quality estate jewelry Synonyms Noun castle château hacienda hall manor manor house manse mansion palace villa See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun His estate is worth millions of dollars. He inherited the estate from his parents. the grounds of the estate Recent Examples on the Web Noun The stunning Scottish hideaway has been in the family since 1845 when Prince Albert purchased the castle and sweeping estate. Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2022 A year later, New York’s Museum of Modern Art acquired three pieces from the estate. Sarah Medford, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2022 According to a new report by Entertainment Tonight, the Duchess of Sussex was not invited to join the royal family at the holiday estate. Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 9 Sep. 2022 Charles arrived at Buckingham Palace from the Balmoral estate in Scotland, where the queen died Thursday at age 96. Brendan Morrow, The Week, 9 Sep. 2022 Amazon stands firmly behind its cast and the decision to include more diversity, which was blessed by the Tolkien estate, producer Lindsay Weber told the Los Angeles Times. Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022 Prince Harry, one of the queen's grandsons and the second son of now King Charles III, traveled to the Scotland estate where his grandmother died. Tucker Reals, Haley Ott, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2022 Mourners stood at the gates of the private royal estate to pay tribute to Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and to witness this historic moment, one of many in this Scottish holiday home’s storied past. Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 8 Sep. 2022 The seller, Randy Lyman, bought the estate in 2015 for roughly $3.8 million. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2022 Adjective Currently popular items among these shops include vintage cameras and typewriters, pocket watches and timepieces, Victorian and estate jewelry, military memorabilia and World War II posters, sterling silver, and advertising signs. Cheryl P. Rose, Houston Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2019 The third lot was zoned estate single-family detached dwelling district zoning. Steve Lord, Aurora Beacon-News, 12 Oct. 2017 First, the lawyer who drew up your estate documents might be willing to serve as your executor, says Holly Isdale, founder of Wealthaven, a consulting firm in Bryn Mawr, Pa., that focuses on financial and estate plans. Glenn Ruffenach, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2017 See More Word History Etymology Noun Middle English estat, from Anglo-French — more at state First Known Use Noun 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Adjective 1978, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing estate estate agent industrial estate housing estate first estate estate tax fourth estate estate car second estate real estate agent real estate third estate estate-bottled See More estate agent industrial estate housing estate first estate estate tax fourth estate estate car second estate real estate agent real estate third estate estate-bottled See More Kids Definition estate noun es·tate i-ˈstāt 1 : the property of all kinds that a person leaves at death 2 : a mansion on a large piece of land 3 : state entry 1 sense 1 … he was hardly grateful that he had been spared, remembering how lonely was his estate … Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Legal Definition estate noun es·tate i-ˈstāt 1 : the interest of a particular degree, nature, quality, or extent that one has in land or other property compare fee, future interest at interest, remainder, reversion, tenancy — absolute estate : an estate that confers an absolute right to property and that is subject to no limitations, restrictions, or conditions : fee simple absolute at fee simple — contingent estate : an estate whose vesting is conditioned upon the happening or failure of some uncertain event — equitable estate : the estate of one that has a beneficial right to property which is legally owned by a trustee or a person regarded at equity as a trustee (as in the case of a use or power) compare legal estate in this entry — estate at sufferance : the estate in property held by one who remains in possession of or on the property after his or her lawful right to do so has ended — estate at will : an estate in property subject to termination at the will of another person — estate by the entirety : an estate held by a husband and wife together in which the whole property belongs to each of them and passes as a whole to the survivor upon the death of either of them to the exclusion of the deceased spouse's heirs called also estate by the entireties compare joint tenancy, tenancy by the entirety, and tenancy in common at tenancy — estate for years : an estate that terminates after a set period — estate in expectancy : an estate the enjoyment of which will take place at a future time : future interest at interest — estate of inheritance : an estate that can be inherited (as a fee simple as opposed to a life estate) — estate on condition : an estate subject to a contingency whose happening permits the grantor of the estate to terminate it if he or she so chooses compare fee simple determinable at fee simple — estate pur autre vie : a life estate measured by the life of a third person rather than that of the person enjoying the property — estate tail estates tail : an estate granted to a person and his or her direct descendants subject to a reverter or remainder upon the inheritance of the property by a grantee without direct descendants : fee tail at fee — legal estate : an estate to which one person (as a trustee) has legal title but of which another person has the right to the beneficial use compare equitable estate in this entry — life estate : an estate in property held only during or measured in duration by the lifetime of a specified individual and especially the individual enjoying the property see also life tenant Note: Life estates are not estates of inheritance. — vested estate : an estate in which one has a right to enjoyment currently or sometime in the future 2 : all or designated items of a person's or entity's property considered as a whole — bankruptcy estate : the estate of a debtor in bankruptcy that includes all the debtor's legal and equitable interests in property as set out in the bankruptcy laws called also debtor's estate see also bankruptcy, trustee in bankruptcy — personal estate : all of a person's property except real property broadly : all of the property belonging to a person — separate estate : an estate whose ownership and control is enjoyed by a person free from any rights or control of another (as a spouse) 3 a : the assets and liabilities left by a person at death see also bequest, devise, freehold, heir, inheritance, intestate, leasehold, legacy, probate, testate, will — augmented estate \\ ȯg-ˈmen-təd- \\ : a deceased person's probate estate increased in accordance with statutory provisions and especially by the addition of any property transferred by the deceased within two years of death, any joint tenancies, and any transfers in which the deceased retained either the right to revoke or the income for life Note: In some states, the surviving spouse's elective share is distributed from the augmented estate. — gross estate : the estate of a person upon death defined by federal estate laws to include all of the deceased's real and personal property at death that may be passed by will or by intestate succession as well as specified property transferred by the deceased before death — probate estate : all of a deceased person's estate that is administered under the jurisdiction of the probate court Note: Some assets, such as certain insurance proceeds, generally do not become part of the probate estate and are said to “pass outside of probate.” — residuary estate : all of what is left of an estate once the deceased person's debts and administration costs have been paid and all specific and general bequests and devises have been distributed called also residual estate — taxable estate : the estate of a deceased person that is subject to estate tax Note: Under federal estate tax law, the taxable estate is the gross estate less allowed deductions. b : the aggregate of a deceased person's property considered as a legal entity 4 : a tract of land especially affected by an easement — dominant estate : a tract of land that is benefited by an easement burdening a servient estate — servient estate : a tract of land that is burdened by an easement benefiting a dominant estate History and Etymology for estate Anglo-French estat, literally, state, condition, from Old French, from Latin status, from stare to stand estates noun plural of estate 1 as in mansions a large impressive residence the estates of multimillionaires line the shores of this ocean resort Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance mansions manors haciendas villas castles palaces houses manses housings homes halls residencies châteaus lodgings manor houses châteaux dwellings penthouses abodes showplaces domiciles roofs habitations quarters places hearths nests suites pads salons country houses aeries great houses town houses countryseats 2 as in classes one of the segments of society into which people are grouped the passionate belief that a society is judged by how well it treats and cares for those in the lowest estate Synonyms & Similar Words classes castes echelons strata ranks levels folk folks families orders gentries tiers layers people hierarchies tribes groupings clans brackets grades fraternities races statuses positions food chains places stratifications sub-castes standings subcastes 3 as in farms a piece of land and its buildings used to grow crops or raise livestock a huge coffee estate in Brazil Synonyms & Similar Words farms ranches plantations farmsteads granges homesteads gardens manors farmlands farmhouses haciendas orchards croplands smallholdings farmyards crofts steadings stations spreads
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