estate

estate
i'steit
noun
1) (a large piece of land owned by one person or a group of people etc: They have an estate in Ireland.) gods, plantasje
2) (a piece of land developed for building etc: a housing/industrial estate.) boligfelt, industriområde
3) (a person's total possessions (property, money etc): His estate was divided among his sons.) (døds)bo, formue, midler
•
- estate-car
subst. \/ɪˈsteɪt\/, \/eˈsteɪt\/
1) gods, (land)eiendom, plantasje (amer.)
• they worked on a sugar estate
• please come and visit me at my country estate
du er velkommen på besøk på mitt landsted
• estate owner
godseier
2) (britisk, også estate car) stasjonsvogn
3) (britisk, også housing estate) boligområde, bebyggelse
• council (housing) estate
kommunalt boligområde
4) (jus) eiendom, eiendeler, besittelse
• personal estate
løsøre
• real estate
fast eiendom
5) (jus) (døds)bo, arvemasse, formue
6) (jus) konkursbo
7) rikets stand
8) (litterært) tilstand, stilling, stand, rang
• he is of high estate
han er av høy rang
• she attained a woman's estate
hun oppnådde moden alder
distribution of the estate (jus) arveskifte
entail an estate on somebody gi en eiendom i arv til noen, la en eiendom gå i arv til noen
estate in bankruptcy (jus) konkursbo
estates stender
the fourth estate (om pressen) den fjerde statsmakt
the holy estate of matrimony den hellige ektestand
the third estate (fransk historie) tredjestanden
the three estates of the realm (britisk) de tre stender (the Lords Spiritual, the Lords Temporal, the Commons)
wind up the estate (jus) gjøre opp boet

English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.

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Synonyms:
, / , (in life or society), / , , , / (of those who constitute the State or the government of a State), , / (in any species of permanent property)


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  • Estate — Es*tate ([e^]s*t[=a]t ), n. [OF. estat, F. [ e]tat, L. status, fr. stare to stand. See {Stand}, and cf. {State}.] 1. Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation. When I came to man …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • estate — 1. The meaning of estate in the term three estates of the realm is a historical one, ‘an order or class forming part of the body politic’. The three estates are the Lords Spiritual (i.e. the heads of the Church), the Lords Temporal (i.e. the… …   Modern English usage

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  • estate — ► NOUN 1) a property consisting of a large house and extensive grounds. 2) Brit. an area of land and modern buildings developed for residential, industrial, or commercial purposes. 3) a property where crops such as coffee or rubber are cultivated …   English terms dictionary

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