landholding
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈlændˌhoʊldɪŋ/
:
tenencia de tierras
- Before El Salvador's 12-year civil war, two landholding families dominated the area, which is famous for its fertile soil.
- small landholding
- large landholdings
- communal landholding
Examples
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In the rural community, families with large landholdings often have more resources for farming and livestock.
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The area of cultivated landholdings is a primary determinant of home garden plant diversity.
Academic text (2004) -
All the groups, the group farms, now, all of them come from small landholding families in both states.
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Was there a relation between the local well-being of a person, i.e., landholding, and his decision to move?
Academic text (1995) -
In the rural area, a classification by landholding helps identify the landless and small farmers.
Academic text (1990) -
Cattle ranching, despite its large proportion of landholding, provided relatively little steady employment.
Academic text (1990) -
The pressure for landholding grew, resulting in an exodus to other Amazonian regions.
Academic text (2001) -
Additionally, surplus land, individual landholdings, and trust lands could all be controlled by the tribal government.
Academic text (1999) -
Ryan fought to defend his frontier landholding with vigor and determination.
Academic text (1995) -
Additional information was gathered on household demographic structure, landholdings, and non-land assets.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
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1.4
Something that a person or group owns, for example land and buildings
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4.2
A large area of land owned by one person or family with a big house
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2.8
Land with buildings on it that people own, like houses or offices
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3.9
A thing like property owned by a person, company, or organization
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1.7
Land where people grow crops or raise animals
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4.9
A piece of land marked to sell or build on
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1.8
A small area of land that someone owns or uses
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4.0
A piece of land usually measured in acres and used for farming or building
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3.0
A small piece of ground for growing plants or building on
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4.1
A large area of land used for a certain purpose
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2.9
A piece of land sold or owned as one unit
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2.7
A piece of land used for a specific purpose like building or farming
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3.7
A small piece of land that people rent to grow vegetables or flowers
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3.5
Land used for keeping animals like cows and horses
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8.2
The right to own a building and the land for as long as you want, not rented
A large area of countryside land owned by one family
Land that farmers plow and use to grow crops
A piece of private land that is inside a national park or forest
A small piece of land where a family grows food and keeps animals
How Large
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word landholding comes from the simple parts land ('ground' or 'area of land') and holding ('keeping' or 'owning' something). So a landholding is land someone keeps or owns.