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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The result was his own citizens felt overlooked and ignored, especially as the country was gripped by soaring real estate prices just as government officials were accused of leveraging insider information to profit from state land sales. Charlie Campbell, Time, 4 June 2025 Effective storytelling in real estate means aligning all of your communications—from web content to investor presentations—around a central narrative. Curtis Priest, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025 The missing funds totaled about $350,000 for each of the years, making up about 0.02% of the approximately $1.7 billion collected in real estate and personal property taxes countywide, according to a statement from the county. Taylor O’Connor, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2025 As of the first quarter, the vacancy rate sits at 22.4%, according to an April report from commercial real estate firm JLL. Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2025 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 6 Jun. 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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