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Property & Real-Estate Words

Property & Real-Estate Words

Date: Oct 02 2007

Topic: Vocabulary

Author: rhyme_reason

Lesson

1 apartmentUS flat UK n. a room or group of rooms to live in, usually on one floor;
2 development n. a number of buildings on a large piece of land - real-estate developer n.
3 elevator US Lift UK n. a compartment for moving people from floor to floor in a building;
4 en suite adv. forming one unit [eg: bedroom with bathroom en suite] - also adj.
5 estate agent US n. a person whose business is to sell or let land or property on behalf of others
6 first floor US n. storey of a building at the same level as the street or ground; gound floorUK
7 flat UK apartmentUS n. a room or group of rooms to live in, usually on one floor;
8 for sale offered for purchase; to be sold; available to be bought
9 freehold n. the holding of land or property for an unlimited period of time - also adj.
10 furnished adj. [of a house, apartment etc] let with furniture - to furnish v.
11 garden n. space or ground surrounding a building, often with flowers, trees etc;
12 ground floor UK first floor US n. storey of a building at the same level as the street or ground;
13 landlord n. a person who owns an apartment, house, office etc and lets it to a tenant
14 leasehold n. the holding of land or property for a predetermined period of time - also adj.
15 let v. [let, let] to give the use of a building etc in return for periodic payments or rent
16 rent v. to make periodic payments (monthly etc) for the use of a building etc - also n.
17 storey UK n. one of the levels of a building; floor;
18 tenant n. a person who rents an apartment, house, office etc from a landlord
19 yard US n. space or ground surrounding a building;
20 Sublet Someone sharing your home but paying money

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DonaldHill

United States

It’s a great list of synonyms. Thanks for sharing. Nowadays, finding a home unit to live is easy as it has never been before. However it will take time to find an affordable one. Well, here is a house for rent naklua. Not only is the price attractive, but also you can have all services included.

08:43 PM Aug 04 2017 |

eflect

India

Thanks for sharing.A good collection of words.Segregating the words into categories and reading them helps you remember them longer.There are many other useful techniques to improve ones language at www.improvingvocabulary.org

02:01 PM Apr 03 2009 |

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