Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reit

/riːt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables: re-it
IPA: /riːt/

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

British usage; Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Acronym of real estate investment trust, an investment device where the holding company uses the funds invested to hold real estate.

Example Sentences

"The Squillae[…]live in marine[…]places: their meat is oisters, and reites."
"Some have used sale-leasebacks to real-estate investment trusts (REITs). In a sale-leaseback, a hospital sells its facilities, and then leases back those same facilities from the REIT."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /riːt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

reits (plural)

Synonyms

real estate investment trust

Homonyms

reet

Rhymes With

right might night white light quite fight site non-white write tonight despite

Questions

How do you pronounce reit?: The recorded pronunciation is /riːt/.
What does reit mean?: sedge; seaweed

How to pronounce reit

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