Estate



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解释

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• n. 不动产; 地产
• ［英］ n. 不动产; 地产 ( landed property)
• ［记］ e+state ( 站) -> 站出来 ( 的位置) -> 等级

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English estat, from Anglo-French — more at state
• Date: 13th century
• 1. state, condition
• 2. social standing or rank especially of a high order
• 3. a social or political class; specifically one of the great classes (as the nobility, the clergy, and the commons) formerly vested with distinct political powers
• 4.
  • a. the degree, quality, nature, and extent of one's interest in land or other property
  • b.
    • (1) possessions, property; especially a person's property in land and tenements <a man of small estate>
    • (2) the assets and liabilities left by a person at death
  • c. a landed property usually with a large house on it
  • d. British project 4
• 5. British station wagon
• 6. farm, plantation; also vineyard

II. adjective

• Date: 1978
• previously owned by another and usually of high quality <estate jewelry>

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