landholding
landholding noun: a piece of property (land) that is held (owned).
Noun
landholding (countable and uncountable, plural landholdings)
- A piece of property (land) that is held (owned).
- 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.1990, Eduard B. Vermeer, Development and Decline of Fukien Province in the 17th and 18th Centuries, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 97
- Synonyms:
- landhold
- The state or practice of owning land.
landholding meaning in Tamil and Bengali
landholding in Tamil
- நில இருப்பு
landholding in Bengali
- জমি মালিকানার অবস্থা, প্রথা
Synonyms of landholding
Forms of landholding
| plural | landholdings |
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Origin of landholding
From land + holding.
Questions about landholding
- What does landholding mean?
- Landholding means a piece of property (land) that is held (owned).
- What is landholding in Tamil?
- Landholding in Tamil is நில இருப்பு. See Landholding meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is landholding?
- Landholding is a noun.
- What is the plural of landholding?
- The plural of landholding is landholdings.
Words near landholding in the dictionary
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