Landholding
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Landholding is a noun meaning (countable) A piece of property (land) that is held (owned).
Meaning
(countable) A piece of property (land) that is held (owned).
More Meanings
- The state or practice of owning land.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- landholdings
Synonyms for landholding
Depending on context, synonyms include landhold.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include land, landhold, landownership, landowning, landholder, land-take.
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