blockholder
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A shareholder with noticeable voting power (particularly one who needs to report his 5 % under Schedule 13D)
noun
One who resides on a block of farmland assigned by the government for cultivation and, except for rates and taxes, exempt of seizure.
Australian usage; New Zealand usage
Example Sentences
- "[…] an extensive flaxmill in the neighbourhood increases the blockholder’s opportunities for obtaining employment and for selling his produce. Thus the settlement appears to be making progress, and the degrees of that progression on the various blocks are an instructive illustration on the difference in individuals having the same opportunities to secure success."
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Derived Forms
blockholdership