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单词 landholder
释义
landholder
noun[C]
(alsoland holder)
uk
/ˈlændˌhəʊl.dər/us
/ˈlændˌhoʊl.dɚ/
someone whoownsorrentsanareaofland:
MGM Mirage is thelargestlandholder on the Las Vegasstrip.
Brazilrequireslandholders in Amazonforestareastomaintainhalfoftheirlandinforest.
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landholding
More examples
  • Thecompanybecameamajorlandholder in theWest.
  • Thelargestprivatelandholder in thestateof Florida is giving theareaamakeover.
  • They werelandholdersat last, withalmostfive hundredacrestotheirnames.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Farmers & farm workers
  • crofter
  • farmer
  • farmhand
  • homesteader
  • market gardener
  • non-farmer
  • pastoralist
  • peasant
  • peon
  • picker
  • ploughman
  • poulterer
  • rancher
  • ryot
  • sharecropper
  • smallholder
  • squatter
  • truck farmer
  • yeoman
(Definition oflandholderfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflandholder

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The more accessible areas of the region were in the hands of large landholders.
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But the first watershed has three large landholders with 1,000 ha each, while the second holds 1,000 poor landholders with 3 ha each.
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They were considered less suitable landholders than sons, and less needful than widows.
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Perhaps it was not until the 1770s that participating as a coloniallandholderwas a preferable option to further retreat from an advancing settler frontier.
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The failure to prosecute landholders responsible for the violence ' may have heightened political polarization, armed conflict, and disenchantment with the government ' (p. 161).
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Anylandholderwho had invested scarce capital in purchasing freehold title was anxious to get maximum returns from the land.
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There is no clear correlation with the size of the landholding : large landholders were neither more nor less likely to hold land jointly than smallholders.
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This shows that enrolment without formal title is possible, as long as landholders have locally recognized tenure and a proven ability to exclude potential intruders.
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Smaller farmers cannot afford such installations while larger landholders can.
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Two of these factors inhibited women from becoming landholders.
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Supplies and provisions for his followers (army) were requisitioned from landholders.
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These members of the extended family or relatives are expected to contribute draft labor and/or draft to the landholder's fields.
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This, in turn, was and is assumed to increase security for landholders and, thereby, lead to investment and increased productivity.
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Indeed, there was ample evidence of the ability of local landholders to control the future of their land.
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Assuming that landholders produced sons and daughters with equal frequency, we find that daughters are under-recorded in wills by 26 per cent.
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