Realty is another word for real estate: land and buildings you can own — a house, a flat, a shop, a piece of ground — not chairs, cars, or money in a bank.

Realty不動產(realty) is another word for real estate是real estate的另一種說法: land and buildings you can own指你可以擁有的土地和建築物 — a house, a flat, a shop, a piece of ground像房子、公寓、店面、一塊地 — not chairs, cars, or money in a bank不是椅子、車子,或銀行裡的錢。

You meet it in American business and legal language: a realty company, a realty office, “She works in realty.” In everyday British English, and in many Taiwan classrooms, people are more likely to say property or real estate.

You meet it in American business and legal language你會在美式商業和法律用語裡遇到它: a realty companya realty company不動產公司, a realty officea realty office不動產辦公室, 'She works in realty'「She works in realty她在不動產業工作」。 In everyday British English, and in many Taiwan classrooms在日常英式英文裡,還有很多台灣的課堂上, people are more likely to say property or real estate大家比較常說property或real estate。

Though actually, the “real” in realty is an old legal “real,” meaning this kind of property (land), not “real” as in “not fake.” That is why realty and reality look like twins but do different jobs. They are doublets: they came from related French forms and then went different ways.

Though actually, the 'real' in realty不過其實realty裡的「real」 is an old legal 'real,' meaning this kind of property (land)是一個古老的法律用詞,意思是「這一類財產(土地)」, not 'real' as in 'not fake'不是「real」在「不是假的」那個意思。 That is why realty and reality look like twins but do different jobs這就是為什麼realty和reality長得像雙胞胎,卻做著不同的工作。 They are doublets它們是doublets雙生詞: they came from related French forms and then went different ways兩者都源自相關的法文形式,後來走上了不同的路。