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  • housing estate — noun a residential area where the houses were all planned and built at the same time • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • housing estate — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms housing estate : singular housing estate plural housing estates British a large group of houses built at the same time and in the same style, especially one built by local government for people with low incomes …   English dictionary

  • housing estate — housing es.tate BrE housing de.velopment AmE n a large number of houses that have been built together in a planned way →↑council house …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Public housing estate — A public housing estate (zh c|c=公共屋邨) is a housing estate in Hong Kong mainly built by the Hong Kong Housing Authority and the Hong Kong Housing Society. About half of Hong Kong residents now live in public housing estates and other tower blocks… …   Wikipedia

  • Private housing estate — A private housing estate (zh c|c=私人屋苑) is a housing estate developed by a private developer in Hong Kong, as opposed to a public housing estate built by the Hong Kong Housing Authority or the Hong Kong Housing Society. It usually is characterised …   Wikipedia

  • housing estate — BrE housing development AmE noun (C) a large number of houses that have been built together in a planned way …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • estate — es‧tate [ɪˈsteɪt] noun [countable] 1. PROPERTY a large piece of land in the country, usually with one large house on it and one owner: • The estate consists of the main villa, several outbuildings and barns, a swimming pool, a farm house and an… …   Financial and business terms

  • Estate — may refer to: * Estate (law), a term used in common law to signify the total of a person s property, entitlements and obligations *Estate (social), a broad social category in the histories of certain countries * Immovable property, real estate or …   Wikipedia

  • estate — noun 1 land owned by a person/family/organization ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great, huge, large, substantial, vast ▪ sprawling ▪ the family mansion and sprawlin …   Collocations dictionary

  • housing development — noun a residential area of similar dwellings built by property developers and usually under a single management they live in the new housing development • Hypernyms: ↑development • Hyponyms: ↑housing project, ↑public housing • Part Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • estate — es|tate [ ı steıt ] noun *** ▸ 1 of dead person ▸ 2 area of buildings ▸ 3 rulers of country ▸ 4 situation or state ▸ 5 station wagon 1. ) count or uncount all the property and money that belongs to someone, especially someone who has just died:… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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