1 a large area of land, usually in the country, that is owned by one person or family:
a 3000-acre estate * She receives rent from all the people whose cottages are on estate land.
2 (BrE) an area of land with a lot of houses or factories of the same type on it:
She lives in a tower block on an estate in London.
seealsoCOUNCILESTATE, HOUSINGESTATE, INDUSTRIALESTATE, TRADINGESTATE
3 (law) all the money and property that a person owns, especially everything that is left when they die:
Her estate was left to her daughter. * He left estate valued at a million dollars.
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