Housebuilding

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The building of houses uncountable

    "He says he'll be spending the £5bn available to him to "jump-start" the capital's stalling housebuilding market in pursuit of his target of providing an additional 50,000 "affordable" homes over the next three years."

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homebuildinghomebuilding

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"He says he'll be spending the £5bn available to him to "jump-start" the capital's stalling housebuilding market in pursuit of his target of providing an additional 50,000 "affordable" homes over the next three years."

Etymology

From house + building.

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