Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In mining, a sale of coal at the pit, as distinguished from disposal by sea.

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Examples

  • The club, minus its development land, is now for sale, the £1m land-sale profit spent.

    Wrexham up for sale but their ground is not included 2011

  • Mr. Tsang said the Hong Kong Monetary Authority will unveil new measures shortly, and that the government will announce its land-sale plan for the July-September period later Friday.

    Hong Kong Plans More Curbs on Property Market Chester Yung 2011

  • The government's "over-reliance on land-sale revenue for its fiscal health is the root problem of its land and housing policies," she said.

    Hong Kong Faces Renewed Pressure Over Its Housing Polly Hui 2011

  • Hong Kong Financial Secretary John Tsang said that despite the tepid response, the government's land-sale plans for the remainder of the fiscal year will proceed as scheduled.

    Hong Kong Land Auction Draws Just One Bid Polly Hui 2011

  • Mr. Tsang said the Hong Kong Monetary Authority will unveil new measures shortly, and that the government will announce its land-sale plan for the July-September period later Friday.

    Hong Kong Plans More Curbs on Property Market Chester Yung 2011

  • There are the Hong Kong tycoons who benefit from favorable government land-sale rules, or the Korean chaebol executives who gain from lenient treatment "for the national economic interest" when corporate fraud allegations pop up.

    The Wealth of Asians 2011

  • Revenue plunged 33% to $451 million, hurt by lower housing and land-sale revenue.

    KB Home's Profit Slides Dawn Wotapka 2011

  • Uncertain of how to value the largely undeveloped property then, the two struck a deal in which, each year, Rouse was to pay the heirs half of its land-sale profits at Summerlin, which ultimately amounted to $570 million in total payments.

    GGP, Howard Hughes Heirs Settle Las Vegas Payment 2010

  • Lennar on Tuesday also flagged that it expects to have additional impairment charges after it reported $344.7 million in land-sale losses and equity in loss from unconsolidated entities of $127.4 million.

    KB Home Posts Quarterly Loss, 2007

  • It rightly suggests planning rules and land-sale practices should be reviewed, for example, making "choice" as well as "need" a factor in granting planning permission.

    Investing in Gold Can Cost Less 2007

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