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View synonyms for homesteading

homesteading

[ hohm-sted-ing ]

noun

  1. an act or instance of establishing a homestead.
  2. Also called homesteading program, 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 number of years.

homesteading

/ ˈhəʊmˌstɛdɪŋ /

noun

    1. a scheme whereby council tenants are enabled to buy derelict property from the council and renovate it with the aid of Government grants
    2. ( as modifier )

      a homesteading scheme

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of homesteading1

First recorded in 1890–95, for earlier sense “homestead”; homestead + -ing 1

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