estate
noun
uk/ɪˈsteɪt/ us PROPERTY
a group of houses or factories built in a planned way:
commercial/industrial/trading estate He rents a unit on an industrial estate.
a housing estate
PROPERTY, LAW
everything that a person owns when they die:
leave your estate to sb She left her entire estate to her niece.
COMMERCE UK
a group of small businesses such as pubs or shops, owned and controlled by one company:
estate of sth The company, which has an estate of 650 pubs, was one of the first to open smoke-free sites.
PROPERTY
a large area of land in the country which is owned by a family or an organization and is often used for growing crops or raising animals:
It's a typical country estate with a large house for the owner, farm buildings and estate workers' houses.
See also
freehold estate
leasehold estate
legal estate
life estate
real estate