1. Noun
Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation.
2. Noun
Social standing or rank; quality; dignity.
3. Noun
A person of high rank.
4. Noun
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. Noun
The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.
6. Noun
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. Noun
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. Verb
To establish.
9. Verb
Tom settle as a fortune.
10. Verb
To endow with an estate.
11. Noun
extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for their own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"
Vocabulary classified under Law
12. Noun
everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities
Vocabulary classified under Law
13. Noun
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
Vocabulary classified under Sociology
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