Holdings
['holdɪŋ]
Examples
- The Chinese land has always been cut up into small holdings, which are chiefly freeholds, and cultivated intensively. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He tried to make a caste of the peasants and small cultivators, and to restrict them from moving from their holdings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Being now ready for manufacturing, but requiring more facilities, Edison increased his real-estate holdings by purchasing a large tract of land lying contiguous to what he already owned. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A few moor farmers have small holdings, where they rear sheep and cattle. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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