Estate
Deceased's titled property
Estate is property, especially a large one with grounds and buildings: a country estate, a wine estate.
The word extends to everything a person owns, particularly at death—their estate passes to heirs or is settled in probate.
In law and finance, estate describes the nature of ownership: real estate is land and buildings.
Estate also means a class or order in society, as in the three estates of traditional European politics: clergy, nobility, and commoners.
Landed aristocratic residence
- mansionLarge, stately home
- groundsBasis for justification
- acreageAmount of land owned
- landEarth's solid surface
homestead · plantation · hacienda · villa · château · country house · gardens · parkland
Faculty of deliberate choice
- bequestGift left by will
- probateWill validation proceedings
- heirOne who receives legacy
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
executor · trust · legacy · inheritance · assets · testament · deceased · settlement
Position in hierarchy
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- commonersOrdinary citizens, untitled
- realmGoverned territory or sphere
feudal · aristocracy · gentry · peasantry · bourgeoisie · hierarchy · social order · caste
Grape-growing estate
- vintageQuality from past eras
- terroirGeography's influence on taste
- châteauFrench country mansion
- wineFermented grape beverage
bottling · harvest · cellar · appellation · viticulture · sommelier · tasting · barrel
Progress toward maturity
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- housingDwellings or protective covering
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
tract · residential · cul-de-sac · planned community · homeowners association · bungalow · terraced · semi-detached
manor
Landed aristocratic residence
land · homestead · plantation · hacienda · villa · château · country house · gardens · parkland · driveway
will
Faculty of deliberate choice
beneficiary · executor · trust · legacy · inheritance · assets · testament · deceased · settlement · death duties
rank
Position in hierarchy
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- commonersOrdinary citizens, untitled
realm · feudal · aristocracy · gentry · peasantry · bourgeoisie · hierarchy · social order · caste · peerage
vineyard
Grape-growing estate
wine · bottling · harvest · cellar · appellation · viticulture · sommelier · tasting · barrel · cru
development
Progress toward maturity
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- housingDwellings or protective covering
neighborhood · tract · residential · cul-de-sac · planned community · homeowners association · bungalow · terraced · semi-detached · townhouse
Estatepoverty
Severe lack of resources
destitution · penury · indigence · debt · insolvency
Estatepeasantry
Rural working class
serfs · rabble · underclass · outcasts · untouchables
- real estateLand and its structures
- real estate agentLicensed property seller
- estate salesHousehold contents sold after death
- private estatesIndividually owned large properties
- real estate marketTrade in land and buildings
- real estate bubbleOverheated property market phenomenon
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