Estate Definition–noun | 1. | a piece of landed property, esp. one of large extent with an elaborate house on it: to have an estate in the country. |
| 2. | Law. | a. | property or possessions. |
| b. | the legal position or status of an owner, considered with respect to property owned in land or other things. |
| c. | the degree or quantity of interest that a person has in land with respect to the nature of the right, its duration, or its relation to the rights of others. |
| d. | interest, ownership, or property in land or other things. |
| e. | the property of a deceased person, a bankrupt, etc., viewed as an aggregate. |
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| 3. | British. a housing development. |
| 4. | a period or condition of life: to attain to man's estate. |
| 5. | a major political or social group or class, esp. one once having specific political powers, as the clergy, nobles, and commons in France or the lords spiritual, lords temporal, and commons in England. |
| 6. | condition or circumstances with reference to worldly prosperity, estimation, etc.; social status or rank. |
| 7. | Obsolete. pomp or state. |
| 8. | Obsolete. high social status or rank. |
–verb (used with object) | 9. | Obsolete. to establish in or as in an estate. |
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Agent Definition–noun | 1. | a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf: Our agent in Hong Kong will ship the merchandise. A best-selling author needs a good agent. |
| 2. | a person or thing that acts or has the power to act. |
| 3. | a natural force or object producing or used for obtaining specific results: Many insects are agents of fertilization. |
| 4. | an active cause; an efficient cause. |
| 5. | a person who works for or manages an age
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| 6. | a person who acts in an official capacity for a government or private agency, as a guard, detective, or spy: an FBI agent; the secret agents of a foreign power. |
| 7. | a person responsible for a particular action: Who was the agent of this deed? |
| 8. | Grammar. a form or construction, usually a noun or noun phrase, denoting an animate being that performs or causes the action expressed by the verb, as the police in The car was found by the police. |
| 10. | a representative of a business firm, esp. a traveling salesperson; canvasser; solicitor. |
| 11. | Chemistry. a substance that causes a reaction. |
| 12. | Pharmacology. a drug or chemical capable of eliciting a biological response. |
| 13. | Pathology. any microorganism capable of causing disease. |
| 14. | British. a campaign manager; an election agent. |
–adjective | 15. | acting; exerting power (opposed to patient). |
–verb (used with object) | 16. | to represent (a person or thing) as an agent; act as an agent for: to agent a manuscript; Who agented that deal? |
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