Property Vocabulary

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

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