absentee ownership

collocation in English

meaningsofabsenteeandownership

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absentee
noun[C]
uk
/ˌæb.sənˈtiː/us
/ˌæb.sənˈtiː/
someone who is not at school or work when they ...
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ownership
noun[U]
uk
/ˈəʊ.nə.ʃɪp/us
/ˈoʊ.nɚ.ʃɪp/
the fact that you ...
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(Definition ofabsenteeandownershipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The criteria for listing were : multiple ownership,absenteeownership, derelict or underutilised, farm borders a communal area.
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The reality of the situation is that in the most important industries there isabsenteeownershipon a tremendous scale.
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We are now developing in the mining industry anabsenteeownership, an ownership by financiers, by banks, by people far away.
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With regard to private exploitation, today's debate has focused on the problem of abstentee landlords and the outflow of funds from the islands due toabsenteeownershipof the land.
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The estate is inabsenteeownership.
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When an industry reaches the stage of anabsenteeownershipwhich is anti-social, the only thing to do is to make it a public service under public ownership.
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A legally and financially responsible representative in the area could facilitate the review and regulation of the land's use, and remove some of the criticism and controversy surroundingabsenteeownership.
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We call for a long-range national land policy designed to discourage the growth of corporation farms andabsenteeownership.
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Thus, in this usufruct system,absenteeownershipis illegitimate.
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The plot is repossessed if found unoccupied; this reducesabsenteeownershipand speculation.
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Tax policy seems, overall, to favourabsenteeownership.
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Theirabsenteeownershipcontinued into the early 1990s, with the house suffering periodic vandalism.
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The unequal system continued to drive the peasantry into bankruptcy and seemed to lead increasingly toward a system ofabsenteeownership.
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Absenteeownershiphas sometimes put the absentee owners at risk of loss.
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Their communities showed smaller average farm size, greater equality, lessabsenteeownershipand greater geographic persistence.
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Some socialists reject the idea ofabsenteeownership.
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Some fisheries require quota holders to be participating fishermen to preventabsenteeownershipand limit the quota that a captain can accumulate.
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