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Definition: Estate Agent |
Estate AgentNoun1. A person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land; "in England they call a realtor a land agent". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Estate AgentSynonyms: house agent (n), land agent (n), real estate agent (n), real estate broker (n), realtor (n). (additional references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | The family of John Kelly who works in the Navy yard in south Boston. Their present tenement in Quincy is completely inadequate. They have been unable to move because every real estate agent has turned him down, claiming there was no reason why they should. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | Douglas Adams | In Islington you can hardly hurl a brick without hitting three antique shops, an estate agent and a bookshop |
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Economic History | Honduras | It is recommended that Americans interested in purchasing property obtain the services of a reputable real estate agent and consult a competent, reliable Honduran attorney. (references) |
Korea | To a company unfamiliar with Korean real estate, it is vital that the company locate a reputable real estate agent or real estate consulting firm with experience in foreign investment in order to locate a suitable office site. (references) | |
Travel | Netherlands | It might be necessary to engage a real estate agent (makelaar), although their fees are high. (references) |
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Expression using "estate agent": real estate agent. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "estate agent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | agjent i shitjes së pasurive të patundshme. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | управител на имение (bailiff, factor). (various references) | |
Czech | realitní agent. (various references) | |
Danish | ejendomsmægler (broker). (various references) | |
Dutch | vastgoedmakelaar (real estate firm, realtor, UK:Land agent), onroerend-goedmakelaar (real estate firm, realtor, UK:Land agent), makelaar in vast goed (realtor, UK:Land agent), makelaar in onroerende goederen (realtor, UK:Land agent), makelaar in onroerend goed (real estate agent, real estate firm, realtor, UK:Land agent), handelaar in vastgoed (realtor). (various references) | |
Finnish | kiinteistönvälittäjä (real estate agent, realtor, UK:Land agent). (various references) | |
French | marchand de biens. (various references) | |
German | Grundstücksmakler (real estate agency, realtor, UK:Land agent), Immobilienmakler (real estate firm, realtor, UK:Land agent), Immobilienhändler (realtor). (various references) | |
Greek | κτηματομεσίτησ (house agent), κτηματομεσίτης (realtor). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ingatlanügynök (realtor). (various references) | |
Italian | mediatore in immobili (realtor, UK:Land agent), commerciante in immobili (realtor), agente immobiliare (realtor). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 差配人 (landlord, real estate agent), 不動"業者 (real estate agent, realtor), 不動"屋 (real estate agent, realtor). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | さはいに" (landlord, real estate agent), ふどうさ"ぎょうしゃ (real estate agent, realtor), ふどうさ"や (real estate agent, realtor). (various references) | |
Manx | jantagh thallooin (land agent). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | estateay agentay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | mediador imobiliário (realtor, UK:Land agent), corretor de imóveis (rarely, real estate broker, realtor), agente imobiliário (real estate agent, realtor, UK:Land agent). (various references) | |
Romanian | agent de vânzãri şi cumpãrãri de bunuri imobile, administrator de moşie. (various references) | |
Russian | управляющий имением (land agent). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | trgovac nekretninama. (various references) | |
Spanish | inmobiliario (real estate), agente inmobiliario (real estate agent). (various references) | |
Swedish | fastighetsmäklare (realtor). (various references) | |
Turkish | emlâkçı (real estate agent, realtor), kâhya (bailiff, Butler, Chamberlain, do all, factor, factotum, major domo, steward, utility man). (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-e-g-n-s-t-t-t" | |
-3 letters: genettes, stagnate, tentages. | |
-4 letters: agnates, genette, gestate, neatest, negates, statant, teenage, tentage, testate. | |
-5 letters: agates, agenes, agents, agnate, ansate, attent, attest, egesta, enates, estate, genets, gentes, negate, satang, sateen, senate, senega, settee, tenets, testae, testee. | |
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