Realty Meaning
/ˈɹiəlti/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounReal estate; a piece of real property; land.
nounThe property that goes to the heirs of the deceased, as distinguished from the personalty, which goes to the executor or administrator of the estate.
Sentence Examples
In English common law, realty is owned land plus the physical structures associated with it.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After years of saving, they finally bought a piece of ____ in the countryside.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She invested her savings in ____ rather than stocks, believing property was a safer long-term asset.
Word Origin & History
From Middle French realité (“property, possession”). Doublet of reality.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"O heaven! That such resemblance of the highest
Should yet remain, where faith and realty
Remain not"
— 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After years of saving, they finally bought a piece of ____ in the countryside.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She invested her savings in ____ rather than stocks, believing property was a safer long-term asset.