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Noun estate has 3 senses

estate - everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities
--₁ is a kind of property, belongings, holding, material possession
--₁ has particulars:
gross estate; net estate; life estate, estate for life; jointure, legal jointure
estate, land, landed estate, acres, demesne - extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"
--₂ is a kind of real property, real estate, realty
--₂ has particulars:
freehold; glebe; leasehold; smallholding; homestead; fief, feoff; barony; countryseat; Crown land; manor; seigneury, seigniory, signory; hacienda; plantation; entail
estate, estate of the realm - a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights
--₃ is a kind of class, social class, socio-economic class
--₃ is a part of
state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic
--₃ has particulars: press, fourth estate