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i-STAYT/ɪˈsteɪt/

An estate is a large housing area, or property left after death, or an estate car. Housing estate is a common UK compound. Will and inheritance relate to the legal sense. Do not mix with state (the government). Bus cuts hit the estate at night.

Meaning

A large area of housing; also land and property left after a death; also a type of car.

Examples

• “Bus cuts hit the estate hardest at night.”
• “Probate valued the estate at £200,000, which is the will sense.”

Good to know

a housing estate; the family estate. Legal: an estate in a will. Car: an estate. Mix-up: state. UK news: the estate as a place.

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