Landholding
(noun)
- The act of holding or owning land.
- The state of possessing or occupying a piece of land.
Origin:
From land (noun) + holding (verb).
Examples:
- The landholding of the wealthy elite was a source of much tension in the country.
- The government's policy of landholding reform aimed to redistribute land to small farmers.
- The company's landholding increased significantly after the acquisition of the new properties.
- The landholding of the indigenous people was taken away without compensation during the colonization process.
- The landholding of the family has been passed down from generation to generation for centuries.