Meaning & use
estate management
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Meanings
noununcountable
The work of looking after land, buildings, and property for an owner, especially a large country estate.
Grammar: Used without 'a' or a plural: she works in estate management, not 'an estate management'.
Patterns
- work in estate management
- a degree in estate management
- estate management company
He studied estate management before taking over his family's farm.
The trust hired a firm specializing in estate management for its historic houses.
Good estate management keeps woodland, fences, and tenanted farms in order.
noununcountablebusiness
The business of managing residential or commercial property for landlords, including rentals, maintenance, and tenants.
Grammar: Often appears before another noun, as in 'estate management fees' or 'estate management services'.
Patterns
- estate management services
- estate management fees
- a career in estate management
The agency charges a monthly fee for estate management.
Complaints about repairs are handled by the estate management team.
She moved from selling houses into estate management.
Common combinations
- estate management company
- They set up an estate management company to run the rented flats.
- estate management services
- The council outsourced its estate management services to a private firm.
- a degree in estate management
- A degree in estate management can lead to work with large landowners.
- estate management fees
- Landlords often deduct estate management fees from the rent they receive.
- work in estate management
- After ten years in banking, he now works in estate management.
Synonyms and how they differ
- property management
- The usual American term for running rented buildings; it rarely covers farmland or country estates.
- land management
- Focuses on how land itself is used and cared for, rather than on buildings and tenants.
- facilities management
- Refers to keeping a building's services running day to day, not to owning or letting property.
Word family
- estate noun
- A large area of land with one owner, or the property a person leaves when they die.
- estate agent noun
- British term for someone who sells or lets houses for clients.
- manager noun
- A person who organizes and controls part of a business.
- manage verb
- To be in charge of something and make decisions about it.
Commonly confused: estate management or state management?
estate management vs state management
'State management' is a computing term about handling data in an app; it has nothing to do with land or property.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'estate management' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Estate management' is an uncountable noun, so it fits after 'in' as a field of work. Option 2 wrongly uses it as a verb, option 3 treats it as a countable person noun, and option 4 adds a plural that this noun never takes.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “estate management”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.