real estate

noun

1
: property in buildings and land
2
: space, capacity
her desktop real estate
the limited real estate on hard drivesLeonard Wiener

Examples of real estate in a Sentence

She works in real estate. the enormous difference in real estate between a high-definition disk and one in standard definition
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Get more real estate and business news by signing up for our weekly newsletter, On the Block. Alex Veiga, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024 Our real estate data comes from public records that have been registered and digitized by local county offices. Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024 The pair will likely stay in that obscure piece of real estate for the next 24 to 48 hours. Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024 And nearly a third of these counties settled their races by just over a point, meaning real estate woes turned these counties into political flash points. Jasmine Cui, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for real estate 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1642, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of real estate was circa 1642

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“Real estate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/real%20estate. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

real estate

noun
: property consisting of buildings and land

Legal Definition

real estate

noun
: real property at property

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