landowning

landowner | American Dictionary

landowner
noun[ C ]
us/ˈlændˌoʊ·nər/
someone who owns land, often a lot of land

landowner | Business English

landowner
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈlændəʊnər/us
PROPERTY
someone who owns land, usually a lot of land:
Many large landowners in the UK have decided to work with energy companies to harness the power of the wind.

Examples of landowner

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In some places and with some landowners, the authorisation may depend on whether fruit or other trees are concerned.
Based on this they suggest a provocative policy - a regulator might restrict the biological information publicly provided to landowners prior to running the auction.
From the eighteenth century landowners had recognised the need for effective techniques for draining impermeable clay soils.
This coalition of capitalists and landowners, led by producers for the international markets, helped design and implement a gradual neoconservative reform programme after 1983.
The poor rates increasingly paid for cottage rents, off-loaded by landowners adopting stricter estate management practices.
Propertied landowners were able to take advantage of this by producing for the market, but were faced with opposition from two quarters.
Not all the heirs of the landowners who tried to take advantage of this process achieved positive results.
In any case the 'party' designation matters less in this context than the extent to which voting patterns mirror the political leanings of the landowner.
A mix of partners, including government and private, conservation and academic institutions should also be encouraged, built around landowners.
This naturally leads landowners to substitute their forested areas for pasture as a means to preempt the invasion.
Critics found the relationship antiquated and open to exploitation by negligent landowners.
For much of the eighteenth century the predominant mode is landscape, in which the subjectivity or point of view of landowner, painter, and audience coalesces.
Examination of marginal comments provides a closer insight into landowners' attitudes.
We consider three sectors - consumers, farm laborers, and landowners.
In the experimental model, we assume that landowners have no foresight and that leads to slightly higher costs.
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Collocations withlandowner

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These are words often used in combination with landowner.

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absentee landowner
This created a large number of absentee landowners.
big landowner
The solvency of the cooperatives was only high when a substantial number of the members were prosperous farmers, or when they benefited from the protection afforded by some biglandowner.
individual landowner
That is often beyond an individuallandowner, and certainly beyond an individual householder.
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