Estate vs Money - What's the difference?
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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:when I came to man's estate
*(Bible), (w) xii. 16
*:Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate .
(label) Status, rank.
*(Jeremy Taylor) (1613–1677)
*:God hath imprinted his authority in several parts, upon several estates of men.
(label) The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions.
(label) A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman.
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*:And anone came oute of a chamber to hym the fayrest lady that euer he sawe & more rycher bysene than euer he sawe Quene Gueneuer or ony other estat Lo sayd they syre Bors here is the lady vnto whome we owe alle oure seruyse / and I trowe she be the rychest lady and the fayrest of alle the world
*(Bible), (w) vi. 21
*:Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee.
*(w) (1775-1864)
*:She's a duchess, a great estate .
(label) 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 ((Estates of the realm)).
*1992 , (Hilary Mantel), (A Place of Greater Safety) , Harper Perennial 2007, p.115:
*:I am afraid that some of the nobles who are campaigning for it simply want to use the Estates to cut down the King's power and increase their own.
*2011 , (Norman Davies), Vanished Kingdoms , Penguin 2012, p.202:
*:The three estates of feudal lords, clergy and royal officers met in separate chambers, and exercised an advisory role.
(label) The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land.
An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership.
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The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.
(label) A housing estate.
(label) The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.
*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
*:I call matters of estate not only the parts of sovereignty, but whatsoeverconcerneth manifestly any great portion of people.
A legally or socially binding conceptual contract of entitlement to wealth, void of intrinsic value, payable for all debts and taxes, and regulated in supply.
A generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value.
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, title= A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union).
Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks, credit cards, or credit more generally.
The total value of liquid assets available for an individual or other economic unit, such as cash and bank deposits.
Wealth.
An item of value between two parties used for the exchange of goods or services.
A person who funds an operation.
(as a modifier) Of or pertaining to money ; monetary.
As nouns the difference between estate and money
is that estate is state; condition while money is a legally or socially binding conceptual contract of entitlement to wealth, void of intrinsic value, payable for all debts and taxes, and regulated in supply.estate
English
(wikipedia estate)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (estate car) estate car, station sedan, station wagon, wagonDerived terms
* concurrent estate * council estate * estate agent * estate for life * estate in land * estate sale * estate tax * fourth estate * housing estate * industrial estate * leasehold estate * life estate * overspill estate * real estate * residuary estate * sink estate * third estate * trading estateSee also
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English
(money)Noun
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