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PROPERTY-OWNING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does property-owning mean?
• PROPERTY-OWNING (adjective)
The adjective PROPERTY-OWNING has 1 sense:
1. owning land or securities as a principal source of revenue
Familiarity information: PROPERTY-OWNING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Owning land or securities as a principal source of revenue
Synonyms:
propertied; property-owning
Similar:
upper-class (occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society)
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