landholding en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From land + holding.
Meanings
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(countable) 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:
- (countable, uncountable) The state or practice of owning land.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| landholdings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (4)
pl dzierżawa (state of owning land) · pl dzierżawa (piece of property that is held) · fi maanomistus (state of owning land) · ga gabháltas (piece of property that is held)