Business Dictionary :
Land

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Land : noun : area of earth


Land Agent = person who runs a farm or a large area of land for someone


Land Register(GB) = register of land showing who owns it and what buildings are on it


Land Registration = system of registering land and its owners


Land Registry = government office where land is registered


Land Taxes = taxes on the amount of land someone owns


Land : verb : to put goods or passengers on to land after a voyage by sea or by air

To land goods at a port

To land passengers at an airport

Landed Costs = costs of goods which have been delivered to a port, unloaded and passed through customs


Land : verb : to come down to earth after a flight

The plane landed ten minutes late.

Landing : noun : landing card = card given to passengers who have passed customs and can land from a ship in an aircraft


Landing Charges = payment for putting goods on land and the customs duties


Landing Order = permit which allows goods to be unloaded into a bonded warehouse without paying customs duty


Landlady : noun : woman who owns a property which she lets


Landlord : noun : person or company which owns a property which is let


Ground Landlord = person or company which owns the freehold of a property which is then let and sublet

Our ground landlord is an insurance company.

Landowner : noun : person who owns large areas of land

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