cadastre

(kə das′tər)

noun

public record of the extent, value, and ownership of land within a district for purposes of taxation

Origin: Fr < It catastro < dial. (Venetian) catastico < LGr katastichon, register, list (lit., line by line): see cata- & stich

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also ca·das·ter

noun

A public record, survey, or map of the value, extent, and ownership of land as a basis of taxation.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Provençal cadastro

Origin: , from Italian catastro

Origin: , alteration of Old Italian catastico

Origin: , from Late Greek katastikhon, register

Origin: : Greek kata-, by; see cata-

Origin: + Greek stikhos, line; see steigh- in Indo-European roots

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