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subdivide
(redirected from subdividing)

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subdivide verb apportion, bisect, break down, classify, cleave, cut, dissect, dissever, distribute, divide, divide into parcels, divide up, graduate, group, parrel, partition, portion, redistribute, redivide, separate, sever, share, split, sunder
See also: apportion, arrange, break, codify, dichotomize, disjoint, file, parcel, part, partition, pigeonhole, separate, sever, sort, split

TO SUBDIVIDE. To divide a part of a thing which has already been divided. For example, when a person dies leaving children, and grandchildren, the children of one of his own who is dead, his property is divided into as many shares as he had children, including the deceased, and the share of the deceased is subdivided into as many shares as he had children.



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The city's cooperation hinges on an agreement that residents won't use the water line as an asset for subdividing their property, or selling to those who would.
Paciga appealed and won in the trial court, which ordered reassessment at the value assessed prior to the platting and subdividing.
If the taxpayer decides that he can make more money by subdividing the land and selling parcels or lots, the gain will be taxed at ordinary income rates.
 
 
 
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