cadaster

cadastre

/ (kəˈdæstə) /

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noun

an official register showing details of ownership, boundaries, and value of real property in a district, made for taxation purposes

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Derived forms of cadaster

cadastral, adjective

Word Origin for cadaster

C19: from French, from Provençal cadastro, from Italian catastro, from Late Greek katastikhon register, from kata stikhon line by line, from kata (see cata-) + stikhos line, stich

Words nearby cadaster

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