Realtor vs Realter - What's the difference?
realtor | realter |
(North America) A person or business that sells or leases out real estate, acting as an agent for the property owner.
* 1919 , Mr. Shannon, in (United States Senate), U.S. Housing Corporation. Hearings Before a Subcommittee :
* 1922 , , Babbitt :
* 1975 , , Cockpit , Grove Press (1998), page 189:
* 1997 , , Canadian home buying made easy , second edition, page 72:
* 2003 , , Confessions of a Gynecologist , iUniverse, page 111:
As a noun realtor
is a person or business that sells or leases out real estate, acting as an agent for the property owner.As a verb realter is
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English
(wikipedia realtor)Noun
(en noun)- It was composed of an engineer, if I remember correctly, a town planner, a realtor , and occasionally an architect
- First place, we ought to insist that folks call us ‘realtors ’ and not ‘real-estate men.’ Sounds more like a reg’lar profession.
- Intrigued by the prospect of an additional commission, the realtor hurriedly assured me he foresaw no problem in obtaining the lease.
- The terms agent, broker, and realtor are often used interchangeably.
- The realtor was like a carnivore, ready to spring. He was originally from New York and he seemed like the kind of guy who could smell a deal.
Synonyms
* estate agent (British) * real estate agentQuotations
* (English Citations of "realtor")References
External links
*Jacob Zimmerman v. Nat'l Ass'n of Realtors, Cancellation Nos. 92032360, 92040141, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (March 31, 2004), discussing the claim that "realtor" is a generic term, and including 10 dictionary definitions of the term (pp. 17-19).