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Meaning of Landholding | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A piece of property (land) that is held (owned).
  2. The state or practice of owning land.

Equivalents

العربية ملكيّة الأرض
Suomi maanomistus
Gaeilge gabháltas

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.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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