parcel of land

collocation in English

meaningsofparcelandland

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parcel
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɑː.səl/us
/ˈpɑːr.səl/
mainly UK
an object or collection of objects wrapped in paper, especially so that it can be sent ...
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land
noun
uk
/lænd/us
/lænd/
the surface of the earth that is not covered ...
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(Definition ofparcelandlandfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofparcel of land

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Many mapping projects were (and are) instigated as a means of controlling (defensively or offensively) aparceloflandand its inhabitants.
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Eachparceloflandhas also been given a unique identifier.
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Intuitively, inherent productivity represents what an experienced farmer would know about the productivity potential of aparcelofland.
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Revenues for the pastoralists and the commercial farmers increase significantly as expected because of the largerparceloflandbeing made available and consequently used for agriculture.
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On the one hand the emancipation process attempted to ensure that emancipated serfs would have sufficient resources to maintain themselves and pay taxes by allotting them aparcelofland.
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It could mean the adjacentparceloflandthat is all under one possessory title.
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Such a figure, being based on separate valuations of eachparcelofland, would be heavily inflated by the factor of floating value.
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There is no more unremunerative subject than aparceloflandespecially if it is left to agricultural tenants.
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Site value rating would involve indentifying the development potential of each and everyparcelofland.
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As it stands, the clause enables it to sell that non-residentialparceloflandbut not to lease it.
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These are only some examples of the circumstances which may relate to aparceloflandand so make any rigid rule impracticable.
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Oneparceloflandwill not be distinguishable in character from another.
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Why is not everyparcelofland, of a quarter or half an acre, included?
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That might provide a better definition of aparcelofland, and the two parties concerned could thereby reach agreement before entering into a contract.
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If people behave reprehensibly on oneparcelofland, what is to stop them behaving in the same way on the land adjoining?
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It would ensure that he would be banished from a particularparcelofland, and from other land in the same ownership.
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We naturally recognise that planning authorities sometimes have difficulty in establishing the identity and whereabouts of the owner of aparcelofland.
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The company has been on site and has told me that it is vital that thatparceloflandis not sold.
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There may be anotherparceloflandwhich is not available.
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