real estate

noun

Synonyms of real estatenext
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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Our real estate data comes from public records that have been registered and digitized by local county offices. Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 9 June 2026 Miami real estate developer George Pino is standing trial in a case stemming from a 2022 boat crash in Biscayne Bay that killed one of his daughter's teen friends and left another passenger with life-altering injuries. Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 8 June 2026 Prosecutors alleged that Bankman-Fried had secretly diverted billions of dollars in customer funds from FTX to his crypto hedge fund, Alameda Research, where the funds were used for risky investments, political donations, and real estate purchases, among other things. Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 8 June 2026 Its scale and the scarcity of high-quality retail real estate give it a durable moat — no single tenant accounts for more than 5% of consolidated revenues. Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 8 June 2026 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 11 Jun. 2026.

Kids Definition

real estate

noun
: property consisting of buildings and land

Legal Definition

real estate

noun
: real property at property

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