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compulsory purchase orders

compulsory purchase orders is the plural of compulsory purchase order.

Meaning of compulsory purchase order

Noun

compulsory purchase order (plural compulsory purchase orders)

  1. (Ireland, UK) An order made, usually for the purchase of land required for a construction project.
    • The plans also required several Compulsory Purchase Orders to acquire nearby land.2021 July 28, Peter Plisner, “The race to the Games has begun”, in RAIL, number 936, page 57

Questions about compulsory purchase orders

What is compulsory purchase orders the plural of?
Compulsory purchase orders is the plural of compulsory purchase order.

Words near compulsory purchase orders in the dictionary

  1. compulsory acquisition
  2. compulsory education
  3. compulsory heterosexuality
  4. compulsory purchase
  5. compulsory purchase order
  6. compulsory purchase orders
  7. compulsoryness
  8. compunct
  9. compunction
  10. compunctionless
  11. compunctions

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