1. a piece of land owned or occupied by someone
2. the act or system of owning land

Examples

• The farmer expanded his landholding by purchasing the adjacent field.
• Small landholdings were common in the rural village.
• The government redistributed large landholdings to peasant families.
• Her family’s landholding had been passed down for generations.
• The survey mapped all the landholdings in the county.
• Traditional landholding patterns varied greatly between regions.