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homesteading — home‧stead‧ing [ˈhəʊmˌstedɪŋ ǁ ˈhoʊm ] noun [uncountable] FINANCE when people are given financial help to improve the condition of their homes, especially in poor areas: • a new project to promote homesteading … Financial and business terms
Homesteading — Broadly defined, homesteading is a lifestyle of simple, agrarian self sufficiency.Current practiceCurrently the term homesteading [ [http://selfsufficientish.com SelfSufficientish provides much information to the aspiring homsteader, no date.]… … Wikipedia
homesteading — /hohm sted ing/, n. 1. an act or instance of establishing a homestead. 2. a federal program to improve deteriorating urban areas by offering abandoned or foreclosed houses to persons who agree to repair them and live in them for a specified… … Useful english dictionary
homesteading — /ˈhoʊmstɛdɪŋ/ (say hohmsteding) noun 1. the situation of living on a homestead. 2. the practice of living as self sufficient a lifestyle as possible, based on ecological and sustainability considerations, as by growing produce and keeping… …
homesteading — homestead ► NOUN 1) a house with surrounding land and outbuildings. 2) N. Amer. historical an area of land (usually 160 acres) granted to a settler as a home. 3) (in South Africa) a hut or cluster of huts occupied by one family or clan.… … English terms dictionary
Homesteading the Noosphere — (abbreviated HtN), an essay written by Eric S. Raymond about the social workings of open source software development, follows his influential piece The Cathedral and the Bazaar .The essay concerns issues of project ownership and transfer, as well … Wikipedia
homesteading — n. act of establishing a home or dwelling … English contemporary dictionary
urban homesteading — urban homesteader. homesteading (def. 2). [1970 75; HOMESTEAD + ING1] * * * urban homesteading, a program of the U.S. government to restore run down urban areas by offering ownership of abandoned or neglected housing in return for repairing a… … Useful english dictionary
urban homesteading — {n.}, {informal} Renovation and occupation through cooperative ownership by tenants of previously abandoned city apartment buildings. * /Urban homesteading is on the rise in many big American cities these days./ … Dictionary of American idioms
urban homesteading — {n.}, {informal} Renovation and occupation through cooperative ownership by tenants of previously abandoned city apartment buildings. * /Urban homesteading is on the rise in many big American cities these days./ … Dictionary of American idioms
