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commonage

/kom-uh-nij/US // ˈkɒm ə nɪdʒ //UK // (ˈkɒmənɪdʒ) //

公用事业,公务员,公用设施,公益事业

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the joint use of anything, especially a pasture.
    • : the state of being held in common.
    • : something that is so held, as land.
    • : commonalty.

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Examples

  • The indaba began upon small matters, a recent dispute or two as to the ownership of cattle, or of land commonage, and so forth.

  • In 1663 this house was called the Goat, and enjoyed the right of commonage for two cows and one heifer upon Chelsea Heath.

  • The Abbot of Gloucester had ninety acres of land in Walmore, at eight pence an acre rent, for cultivation, but not for commonage.

  • His pony was only grazing on the town commonage hard by; he could have him brought in less than half an hour.

  • This city affords a beautiful, fashionable commonage along the quay, which surrounds the basin formed by the River Alsten.