realty
pronunciation
How to pronounce realty in British English:
UK [ˈri:əlti]
How to pronounce realty in American English:
US [ˈriəlti]
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- Noun:
- property consisting of houses and land
Word Origin
- realty (n.)
- 1660s, "real estate," from earlier meaning (1540s) "real possession," earlier "reality" (mid-15c.), from real (adj.) + -ty (2). Compare reality.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Realty agencies reported drops of 70 % to 80 % upon the first days of enactment .
- 2. Matheran realty is one of several firms that think they have a solution : ultra-low-cost housing .
- 3. A realty sign , driven into the grass that has withered to straw-a clear violation of city ordinances-has attracted no buyers .
- 4. Robert jenson , ceo of the las vegas-based realty firm the jenson group , takes a strictly corporate approach to social networking .
- 5. Real-estate agency midland realty , a unit of hong kong-based midland holdings ltd. , closed its eight sales branches in shanghai in may , leaving only one representative office open .