inheritance
heritage | hereditary succession to a title or an office or property |
pastime
interest pursuit | a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly), sailing is her favorite pastime, his main pastime is gambling, he counts reading among his interests, they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits |
| real-estate business | the business of selling real estate |
beach wagon
station wagon
wagon estate car
beach waggon
station waggon
waggon | a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat |
egoism
egocentrism
self-interest
selfoncern
selfenteredness | concern for your own interests and welfare |
opportunism
self-interest self-seeking
expedience | taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others |
| inheritance heritage | any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors, my only inheritance was my mother's blessing, the world's heritage of knowledge |
| inheritance hereditary pattern | (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents |
| X-linked dominant inheritance | hereditary pattern in which a dominant gene on the X chromosome causes a characteristic to be manifested in the offspring |
| X-linked recessive inheritance | hereditary pattern in which a recessive gene on the X chromosome results in the manifestation of characteristics in male offspring and a carrier state in female offspring |
conditional probability
contingent probability | the probability that an event will occur given that one or more other events have occurred |
sake
interest | a reason for wanting something done, for your sake, died for the sake of his country, in the interest of safety, in the common interest |
| interest interestingness | the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.), they said nothing of great interest, primary colors can add interest to a room |
interest
involvement | a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something, an interest in music |
| anticipation expectancy | something expected (as on the basis of a norm), each of them had their own anticipations, an indicator of expectancy in development |
| theory of inheritance | (biology) a theory of how characteristics of one generation are derived from earlier generations |
anticipation
expectancy | an expectation |
interest
interest group | (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims, the iron interests stepped up production |
| special interest | an individual or group who are concerned with some particular part of the economy and who try to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor |
| vested interest | groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit |
| contingent | a gathering of persons representative of some larger group, each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics |
Real Estate Investment Trust
REIT | an investment trust that owns and manages a pool of commercial properties and mortgages and other real estate assets, shares can be bought and sold in the stock market |
estate of the realm
estate
the three estates | a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights |
first estate
Lords Spiritual | the clergy in France and the heads of the church in Britain |
second estate
Lords Temporal | the nobility in France and the peerage in Britain |
third estate
Commons | the common people |
| fourth estate | the press, including journalists, newspaper writers, photographers |
contingent
detail | a temporary military unit, the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent |
| housing estate | a residential area where the houses were all planned and built at the same time |
real estate broker
real estate agent
estate agent
land agent house agent | a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land, in England they call a real estate agent a land agent |
personal property
personal estate
personalty
private property | movable property (as distinguished from real estate) |
real property
real estate
realty
immovable | property consisting of houses and land |
estate land
landed estate
acres
demesne | extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use, the family owned a large estate on Long Island |
| estate | everything you own, all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities |
| gross estate | the total valuation of the estate's assets at the time of the person's death |
| net estate | the estate remaining after debts and funeral expenses and administrative expenses have been deducted from the gross estate, the estate then left to be distributed (and subject to federal and state inheritance taxes) |
life estate
estate for life | (law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it |
EBITDA
Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization | income before interest and taxes and depreciation and amortization have been subtracted, an indicator of a company's profitability that is watched by investors (especially in leveraged buyouts) |
inheritance
heritage | that which is inherited, a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner |
| interest expense | interest paid on loans |
| interest stake | (law) a right or legal share of something, a financial involvement with something, they have interests all over the world, a stake in the company's future |
| controlling interest | ownership of more than % of a corporation's voting shares |
| insurable interest | an interest in a person or thing that will support the issuance of an insurance policy, an interest in the survival of the insured or in the preservation of the thing that is insured |
| vested interest | (law) an interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another |
| security interest | any interest in a property that secures the payment of an obligation |
| terminable interest | an interest in property that terminates under specific conditions |
undivided interest
undivided right | the interest in property owned by tenants whereby each tenant has an equal right to enjoy the entire property |
inheritance tax
estate tax
death tax
death duty | a tax on the estate of the deceased person |
| interest | a fixed charge for borrowing money, usually a percentage of the amount borrowed, how much interest do you pay on your mortgage? |
| compound interest | interest calculated on both the principal and the accrued interest |