landholding
Americannoun
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landholdings
plural
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a piece of land that someone owns or occupies.
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the condition of owning or occupying a piece of land.
adjective
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Mr Colquhoun, who is also vice-chairman of Scottish Land and Estates, told the BBC's Scotcast podcast that he feared the definition of a large landholding could be reduced in future.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025
Merchants could suddenly earn fortunes rivaling the landholding nobility, and strange ideas could undermine intellectual elites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2025
Evergrande expects a loss of about 163 million yuan from the disposal of the 10,376.82 square meter landholding located in Shenzhen.
From Reuters ● Nov. 28, 2022
Morrison had earlier blocked a Chinese-led consortium Dakang Australia Holdings from buying an 80 percent stake in Australia’s largest private landholding, S. Kidman & Co.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2018
The new burdens were contrived to fall almost wholly upon the propertied, especially the landholding, classes.
From The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg
On these landholdings and in their environs, proximity between white and black people produced surprising relationships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The first part would make owners of the biggest landholdings tell the surrounding community more about what happens on the land.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025
California, Texas and Florida are the states where it has the largest landholdings.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
“We’re not afforded the opportunity to help design the programs, so the programs are mainly now designed for large landholdings and large acreage.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2023
George Washington was one of many surveyors whose work enabled them to increase their own landholdings.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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