Tract+of+land

  • 11land grant — noun a grant of public land (as to a railway or college) (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑grant, ↑assignment * * * a tract of land given by the government, as for colleges or railroads. [1850 55] * * * land grant noun A grant of public land (to a college …

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  • 12tract house — noun Any of many houses, of a similar (if not identical) plan and design, built on a tract of land Syn: tract home …

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  • 13tract housing — noun housing consisting of similar houses constructed together on a tract of land • Hypernyms: ↑housing, ↑lodging, ↑living accommodations • Part Meronyms: ↑tract house …

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  • 14tract house — noun Date: 1956 any of many similarly designed houses built on a tract of land …

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  • 15tract index — A page or set of pages in an index book devoted to listing all documents which affect a particular tract of land …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 16land development — Improving and subdividing a tract of land preparatory to the erection of residential, commercial, or industrial buildings; the improvement of land for agricultural purposes. A planned scheme for the construction of houses, street improvements,… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 17land grant — a tract of land given by the government, as for colleges or railroads. [1850 55] * * * …

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  • 18tract — index district, land, lot, pandect (treatise), parcel, plot (land), property (l …

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  • 19Tract — may refer to:* tract, a section of land * Tract (literature), a short written work, usually of a political or religious nature * Tract (liturgy), a component of Roman Catholic liturgy * A collection of related anatomic structures, such as the… …

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  • 20tract — [ trækt ] noun count * 1. ) a large area of land: Vast tracts of land were being planted with these trees. 2. ) MEDICAL a group of organs and tubes that work together in your body: the digestive/respiratory tract 3. ) a piece of writing… …

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