- landholding
- noun Date: circa 1890 1. the state or fact of holding or owning land 2. property in land • landholding adjective
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landholding
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landholding — n. 1. ownership of land; the state or fact of owning land. [WordNet 1.5] 2. A holding in the form of land; the land owned by a person. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Landholding — Landholder Land hold er, n. A holder, owner, or proprietor of land. {Land hold ing}, n. & a. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
landholding — See landholder. * * * … Universalium
landholding — noun a) A piece of property (land) that is held (owned). b) The state of owning land … Wiktionary
landholding — Synonyms and related words: acres, alluvion, alluvium, arable land, blessed with, clay, clod, crust, dirt, dominion, dominium, dry land, dust, earth, enfeoffed, freehold, glebe, grassland, ground, having, having and holding, holding, in… … Moby Thesaurus
landholding — land|hold|ing land holding [ˈlændˌhəuldıŋ US ˌhoul ] n [U and C] the land that is owned by someone … Dictionary of contemporary English
landholding — n. ownership of land, proprietorship … English contemporary dictionary
landholding — noun 1. ownership of land; the state or fact of owning land • Hypernyms: ↑ownership 2. a holding in the form of land • Hypernyms: ↑property, ↑belongings, ↑holding … Useful english dictionary
landholder — landholding, adj., n. /land hohl deuhr/, n. a holder, owner, or occupant of land. [1375 1425; late ME; see LAND, HOLDER] * * * … Universalium
land reform — any program, esp. when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless. [1840 50, Amer.] * * * Deliberate change in the way agricultural land is held or owned, the methods of its… … Universalium
