Landholding
noun
noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A piece of property (land) that is held (owned). countable
"Thus the unendurable burden on the temples was lightened. For instance, the annual surtaxes of Buddhist temples' landholdings of Hsia-p'u county which had amounted to 515 taels in the late Ming dropped to 309 taels after Ch'ien-lung's edict, and to 229 taels soon afterwards."
- 2 a holding in the form of land wordnet
- 3 The state or practice of owning land. countable, uncountable
- 4 ownership of land; the state or fact of owning land wordnet
Example
More examples"Thus the unendurable burden on the temples was lightened. For instance, the annual surtaxes of Buddhist temples' landholdings of Hsia-p'u county which had amounted to 515 taels in the late Ming dropped to 309 taels after Ch'ien-lung's edict, and to 229 taels soon afterwards."
Etymology
From land + holding.
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