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speculation
(redirected from Land speculation)

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speculation (Conjecture), noun assumption, contemplation, deliberation, guesswork, hypothesis, inference, presumption, reasoning, rumination, surmise, suspicion, theorization, theory
Associated concepts: speculative damages, speculative testimony
speculation (Risk), noun bet, calculated risk, chance, fortuity, fortune, gamble, gambling, gaming, hazard, venture, wager
See also: belief, conjecture, consideration, contemplation, estimate, estimation, feeling, hypothesis, idea, inference, investment, opinion, outlook, postulate, presumption, prospect, rationale, reflection, risk, sense, supposition, suspicion, theory, thesis, thought, uncertainty, venture

SPECULATION, contracts. The hope or desire of making a profit by the purchase and resale of a thing. Pard. Dr. Com. n. 12. The profit so made; as, be made a good speculation.



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Their position is countered by today's modern planners with their argument that zoning has curbed land speculation, encouraged affordable housing, and has protected environmental resources.
Politicians, many of whom dabbled in land speculation, condemned the squatters' lawless "usurpation" of public lands and "audacious defiance" in the face of Congress's will.
Titled Right to Fight, the satirical documentary on Vancouver's housing crisis livens up its earnest interviews with not only wacky game-show parodies but also anti-capitalist tap dance numbers and bouncy cabaret pieces about the evils of unregulated land speculation.
 
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