"REIT" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2018 January 9, Brian Alexander, “America's Rural Hospitals Are Dangerously Fragile”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2019:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "(finance, real estate) Acronym of real estate investment trust, an investment device where the holding company uses the funds invested to hold real estate."
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