smallholding

(also small holding)

/ˈsmɔːlˌhəʊldɪŋ/ noun [C] UK PROPERTY

Definition

› a small piece of land used for farming: He moved to the country where he runs a smallholding growing vegetables and keeping a cow.

smallholder noun [C] › Most smallholders in that part of the country were subsistence farmers.

(Definition of smallholding noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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