Estate

/ɪˈsteɪt/ noun

All the money, property, and possessions that a person leaves when they die. It can also mean a large area of land with a big house, or a group of homes built together.

From Old French *estat* 'condition, position, property', from Latin *status* 'state, condition'. Over time it narrowed toward property and land, especially in law.

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