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cadaster

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/ kəˈdæstə /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

  • cadastral adjective

Etymology

Origin of 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

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