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Property Vocabulary

Here are twenty words and terms often used in property and real estate.

1 apartmentUS n. a room or group of rooms to live in, usually on one floor; flatUK
2 development n. a number of buildings on a large piece of land - real-estate developer n.
3 elevatorUS n. a compartment for moving people from floor to floor in a building; liftUK
4 en suite adv. forming one unit [eg: bedroom with bathroom en suite] - also adj.
5 estate agentUS n. a person whose business is to sell or let land or property on behalf of others
6 first floorUS n. storey of a building at the same level as the street or ground; gound floorUK
7 flatUK n. a room or group of rooms to live in, usually on one floor; apartmentUS
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; yardUS
12 ground floorUK n. storey of a building at the same level as the street or ground; first floorUS
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 liftUK n. a compartment for moving people from floor to floor in a building; elevatorUS
17 rent v. to make periodic payments (monthly etc) for the use of a building etc - also n.
18 storeyUK n. one of the levels of a building; floor; storyUS
19 tenant n. a person who rents an apartment, house, office etc from a landlord
20 yardUS n. space or ground surrounding a building; garden