real estate

noun

1

: property in buildings and land

2

: space, capacity

her desktop real estate

the limited real estate on hard drives

—Leonard Wiener

Synonyms of real estate

• capacity
• volume

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

Recent Examples on the Web

My guess is that the anchor-outs, or at least some of them, see real estate agents’ commodification of the land as a betrayal of the values of California’s earlier inhabitants and contrary to their whole ethos. — Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026

Although he was involved in various ventures—and was president of a local bank—much of his money came from real estate investments. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026

Commierado; can't wait to be in small town Tennessee, quiet,friendly, much cheaper real estate. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Toronto now boasts the world’s third best tech talent market, ahead of New York City but behind San Francisco and Seattle, according to an annual analysis by commercial real estate firm CBRE. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1642, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for real estate

• abdicate
• abrogate
• acetate
• activate
• actuate
• aggravate
• agitate
• alginate
• alienate
• allocate
• amputate
• angulate

Kids Definition

real estate

noun

: property consisting of buildings and land

Legal Definition

real estate

noun

: real property at property