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realty

realty

27 5.4
Land and the buildings on it that someone owns
  • noun
  • /ˈriːəlti/
  • Specialized
translation icon : bienes raíces
  • Allison Quimby owned the local realty company and was the quintessential professional.
  • realty and personalty

I've got the great Susan Piazza, Hive Realty Coastal Orange County.

Examples

  • Unknown to residents, the Franklin Realty Company of Canton, Ohio, began to acquire land from local farmers and residents in 1969.

    Academic text (2005)
  • My name is James Harvey, I'm calling from Millennium Realty...

  • "Is that going to be for yourself, sir?" the secretary of the realty company asked.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • "So tell me," I said, "why did you go into realty?"

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Hi, I'm calling from Gold Star Realty Solutions.

  • Have you heard of the Franchise Realty Corporation?

  • Hi, this is Brian Speer of Gold Coast Realty.

  • Henry had paid it off anonymously through a realty company in Illinois.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Jo Soss is the designated broker and the owner of Homefront Realty in Washington.

    Blog text (2)
  • My sister is a realtor who specializes in residential realty in our hometown.

Synonyms

property
vsrealty
1.4

Something that a person or group owns, for example land and buildings

is limited to land and buildings rather than movable belongings
estate
vsrealty
553 4.2

A large area of land owned by one person or family with a big house

means any land and buildings, not only large or countryside holdings
real estate
vsrealty
490 2.8

Land with buildings on it that people own, like houses or offices

is the same concept but often used as a formal or alternative label
real property
vsrealty
  • Formal
7 3.9

Land and buildings that cannot be moved

is the general term used outside technical legal contexts
premises
vsrealty
1 3.4

Land and buildings used by a business or office

applies more broadly beyond business sites

How Big

estate
553 4.2
mansion
327 3.4
realty
  • Specialized
27 5.4
vacant lot
  • US
19 2.8

Surface Forms

realty singular
realities plural

Morphology

realty = real (opaque) = real + ty

Although formally built from 'real' + '-ty', the meaning 'real estate; property' is a specialized legal sense not predictable from the adjective 'real' by an average learner.

Etymology

Realty comes from real, which means 'actual', and was used long ago together like real estate to mean 'real property'. So realty today means 'land and buildings'.