real estate

Meaning

Noun

• Property that cannot easily be moved, usually buildings and the ground they are built on.
• Space used for a particular purpose.

Related

Similar words

• immovable
• immovable property
• realty
• real property

Opposite words

• personalty
• chattels

Origin

• estate that is [[real, in the legal sense of "relating to immovable tangible property". This sense of the word ultimately goes back to Latin, where reālis could be used similarly.