• Pronunciation /ÉąilÉ™ti/ is usually considered incorrect.
realty (countable and uncountable, plural realties)
real estate; a piece of real property; land.
(legal) The property that goes to the heirs of the deceased, as distinguished from the personalty, which goes to the executor or administrator of the estate.
(obsolete) reality
(obsolete) loyalty; faithfulness; fealty
(obsolete) royalty
• personalty
• Ratley, Tayler, elytra, lyrate, raylet, telary
Source: Wiktionary
Re"al*ty, n. Etym: [OF. réalté, LL. regalitas, fr. L. regalis. See Regal.]
1. Royalty. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Loyalty; faithfulness. [R.] Milton.
Re"al*ty, n. Etym: [Contr. from 1st Reality.]
1. Realty. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
2. (Law) (a) Immobility, or the fixed, permanent nature of real property; as, chattels which savor of the realty; -- so written in legal language for reality. (b) Real estate; a piece of real property. Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
