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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Martin may have left Westeros unfinished, but in this sunbaked enclave, his world-building continues apace — one real estate acquisition at a time. Ingrid Schmidt, HollywoodReporter, 2 Aug. 2025 On Monday, a 27-year-old man entered a Midtown Manhattan office building with a rifle and killed four people — a police officer, a security guard, a real estate associate, and a real estate executive — before turning the gun on himself. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2025 Host Cincinnati Hotel, LLC, a subsidiary of the real estate investment trust Hotel Hostels & Resorts, previously owned the hotel. Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 1 Aug. 2025 The sales of starter-homes rose nearly 4 percent year-over-year in June, though the largest inventory climb since October 2019 is mired by record prices up roughly 3 percent since last summer, according to an analysis by real estate firm and brokerage Redfin. Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for real estate

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1642, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
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 7 Aug. 2025.

Kids Definition

real estate

noun
: property consisting of buildings and land

Legal Definition

real estate

noun
: real property at property

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