real
- adjective
- /riːəl/
- Specialized
- Uncle Beasley had majored in Business Administration and had his own real estate firm in Birmingham.
- real estate
- real property
- real estate agent
It's about the long term real estate income.
- It's about the long term real estate income.
- But Yeah, well, you've done real estate online for a while now.
- I mean, that's really, that's the real estate I am.
- Revenue stream number six real estate wedges.
Examples
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America has never undergone a vigorous recovery without real estate leading the way.
Academic text (2011) -
And there was a small piece of real estate in Southern California.
Fiction book (1991) -
Uh, so, tell me about real estate law.
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Yeah, because I'm going into the real estate business, you know.
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Land cost increased several times as a result of the 1980s real estate bubble.
Academic text (1999) -
I'm sure you know what's happening with real estate around here, especially beachfront property.
Fiction book (1993) -
Between 1941 and 1948, farm real-estate prices almost doubled across the United States.
Academic text (1991) -
Kirby got a job appraising real estate and learned it well in a gung-ho way.
Fiction book (1992) -
The other places seemed to be legitimate real estate holdings; no sinister purpose we could discern.
Fiction book (1991) -
Investing in real estate is often seen as a safe way to build wealth over time.
Antonyms
- Specialized
Things a person owns that can be moved, like furniture or jewelry
Idioms
- Offensive
A joking phrase that shows old ideas about how men should act
Compounds
- Specialized
The time when you get information at once, for example stock prices or a heart rate
Money you borrow to buy or build property that the bank can take if you do not pay
- Specialized
A company that owns buildings or land that make money and sells shares to investors
- Formal
The belief that the bread and wine used in a church service really become Christ's body and blood
- Specialized
Total value of a country's goods and services using prices that ignore inflation
- Texting
A business that buys, sells, or manages virtual land inside online games
- Specialized
Total value of goods and services a country makes measured with prices kept the same over time
- Offensive
A small armed Irish group that uses bombs and guns to oppose peace talks
- Slang
A person who feels very close to a character from a book or show and often acts like them
- Formal
A type of socialism that focuses on practical goals used in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
- Specialized
Working with data fast enough to keep up with another action without delay
Surface Forms
Etymology
Real in 'real estate' also comes from Latin res 'thing' used in old law, and it was used for things that are fixed; that's why real property means land and buildings that are attached to the ground.