estate

Definitions

1. 1noun

   Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation.

2. 2noun

   Social standing or rank; quality; dignity.

3. 3noun

   A person of high rank.

4. 4noun

   A property which a person possesses; a fortune; possessions, esp. property in land; also, property of all kinds which a person leaves to be divided at his death.

5. 5noun

   The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.

6. 6noun

   The great classes or orders of a community or state (as the clergy, the nobility, and the commonalty of England) or their representatives who administer the government; as, the estates of the realm (England), which are (1) the lords spiritual, (2) the lords temporal, (3) the commons.

7. 7noun

   The degree, quality, nature, and extent of one's interest in, or ownership of, lands, tenements, etc.; as, an estate for life, for years, at will, etc.

8. 8transitive verb

   To establish.

9. 9transitive verb

   Tom settle as a fortune.

10. 10transitive verb

    To endow with an estate.

11. 11noun

    a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights

12. 12noun

    extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

    "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"

    Synonyms

    acresdemesneland
13. 13noun

    everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities