estate agency
estate agency — noun
1. a company whose main work is helping people buy, sell, or rent homes, land, and
a company whose main work is helping people buy, sell, or rent homes, land, and commercial buildings, and sometimes managing properties for the owner
Tunde visited the estate agency on Green Street to ask about flats near the university.
estate agency + preposition 'on' + street name for location
The estate agency sent the contract to Lucas and Talia after they bought the cottage.
Lien found a reliable estate agency that sold her family house within three weeks.
Apinya works at an estate agency that manages over fifty rental properties in the city.
The estate agency on Church Road closed when the property market slowed last year.
- real estate agency
the American English equivalent, used throughout North America
- property agency
a slightly broader term sometimes used for agencies that deal with land and buildings
- letting agency
focuses specifically on rental properties rather than sales or management
用法筆記
This term is used mainly in British English. In American English, the equivalent is 'real estate agency'. The person who works at an estate agency is called an 'estate agent' in British English or a 'real estate agent' in American English. 'Estate agency' refers to the business itself, not to the individual worker.