land speculation
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflandandspeculation
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land
noun
uk/lænd/us/lænd/
the surface of the earth that is not covered ...
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speculation
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌspek.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌspek.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
the activity of guessing possible answers to a question without having enough information to ...
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(Definition oflandandspeculationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is the best way to eliminate the risk oflandspeculationand at the same time increase fiscal revenues.
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The property on which the suburbs were built was not suitable for farming or commercial activities, the result of which waslandspeculation.
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Landspeculationfor ecotourism is one possibility that is often mentioned.
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This atmosphere of hostility is closely interwoven with the government's insufficient efforts at postwar reconciliation, as well as with chaotic process oflandspeculationand a confused resource tenure system.
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By the 1930s extensive municipal planning andlandspeculationhad transformed it into a modern quarter with a regular grid of roads, and upmarket middle-class neighbourhoods.
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It means dealing with land prices, andlandspeculation.
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We know of the scandals which have been associated withlandspeculation.
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Moreover,landspeculationto-day is rife.
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We have heard about the millions of pounds which the owners have made in past years and which they have put intolandspeculation.
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We have only to look back over the past few years, to the property andlandspeculationboom, to see what is behind that belief.
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We are speaking of public money being used forlandspeculation.
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We havelandspeculationgoing on.
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Something should be done to see thatlandspeculationdoes not in the slightest degree hinder the activities of local authorities.
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I will give two glaring examples oflandspeculationin 1939.
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A good deal of concern and criticism has been expressed during the debate on what one could describe aslandspeculation.
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The income tax relief on interest on loans forlandspeculationshould be abolished.
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Then there is the whole question of land andlandspeculation.
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Those who look tolandspeculationare already casting their eyes on land which at present is devoted to and reserved for agriculture.
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