land reform


noun

any program, especially when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless.

Origin of land reform

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example sentences from the Web for land reform

  • Land-reform in its earliest stages, like trade unionism in England, was accompanied by disorder.

    Ireland and Poland |Thomas William Rolleston
  • A land-reform program limited land ownership, reduced rents, and redistributed formerly Japanese-owned land.

British Dictionary definitions for land reform

land reform

noun

the redistributing of large agricultural holdings among the landless