estate
Heir's inherited sum
Estate centers on property and standing.
In its primary sense, an estate is a large piece of landed property, often with a substantial house: The family estate has been in our hands for generations.
Estate also means the total property someone owns, especially at death: His estate was divided among three heirs.
In British usage, an estate (or housing estate) is a residential development.
The word extends to social rank—the three estates of medieval society were clergy, nobility, and commoners.
A real estate agent deals in property; an estate sale liquidates a deceased person's belongings.
Nobleman or ruler
- manorLanded aristocratic residence
- serfBonded agricultural laborer
- vassalLand-holding sworn subordinate
- fiefGranted feudal estate
serfdom · peasantry · tenure · villein · demesne · manorial · suzerain · fiefdom
Gift left by will
- heirOne who receives legacy
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- executorAppointed estate manager
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
trust · probate · testament · legacy · patrimony · succession · heirloom · endowment
Written property conveyance
- titleFormal honorific or name
- mortgageSecured home loan
- appraisalEstimation of worth
- brokerTransaction intermediary for hire
agent · listing · equity · conveyancing · escrow · foreclosure · tenancy · freehold
Large, stately home
- groundsBasis for justification
- chateauFrench country mansion
- villaStately country residence
- palazzoItalian grand residence
castle · hall · abbey · grange · stately home · country house · ancestral home · demesne
Owned items of value
- holdingsProperty one owns
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- net worthAssets less debts
- portfolioCollected works or assets
investments · capital · affluence · riches · prosperity · endowment · trust fund · financial
Position in hierarchy
- stationFixed stopping point
- classGrouping by shared traits
- standingPosition, physical or social
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
condition · degree · position · nobility · gentry · commons · clergy · bourgeoisie
Portion of something larger
- housingDwellings or protective covering
- residentialRelating to housing
- gated communityRestricted-access residential area
- tractArea of land
cul-de-sac · developer · infrastructure · zoning · planning · construction · blueprint · phase
lord
Nobleman or ruler
- manorLanded aristocratic residence
- serfBonded agricultural laborer
- vassalLand-holding sworn subordinate
fief · serfdom · peasantry · tenure · villein · demesne · manorial · suzerain · fiefdom · nobility
bequest
Gift left by will
- heirOne who receives legacy
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- executorAppointed estate manager
will · trust · probate · testament · legacy · patrimony · succession · heirloom · endowment · intestate
deed
Written property conveyance
broker · agent · listing · equity · conveyancing · escrow · foreclosure · tenancy · freehold · leasehold
mansion
Large, stately home
palazzo · castle · hall · abbey · grange · stately home · country house · ancestral home · demesne · manor house
assets
Owned items of value
portfolio · investments · capital · affluence · riches · prosperity · endowment · trust fund · financial · valuation
rank
Position in hierarchy
order · condition · degree · position · nobility · gentry · commons · clergy · bourgeoisie · aristocracy
subdivision
Portion of something larger
- housingDwellings or protective covering
- residentialRelating to housing
- gated communityRestricted-access residential area
tract · cul-de-sac · developer · infrastructure · zoning · planning · construction · blueprint · phase · amenities
crops
Cultivated plants for harvest
- cultivationFostering growth through care
- tobaccoDried smoking leaf
- sugarCrystalline carbohydrate sweetener
cotton · coffee · tea · rubber · colonial · overseer · workers · harvest · acreage · hacienda
- historic placesghost town, old town, ancient city, colonial town, historic district
- legacybequest, inheritance, heirloom, heritage, tradition
- nobilityking, queen, prince, princess, duke
- property typesapartment, condo, townhouse, studio, duplex
- Wealthy Neighborhoodsgated community, mansion, country club, luxury homes, manicured lawns
- ground(s) wordsgarden, yard, lawn, courtyard, campus
estatepoverty
Severe lack of resources
destitution · debt · penury · insolvency · indigence
estatedisrepair
Poor maintained condition
ruin · dereliction · dilapidation · decay · disorder
estatepeasantry
Rural working class
commoners · serfs · underclass · outcasts · the masses
- 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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