absentee ownership, system under which a person (or a corporation) controls and derives income from land in a region where he does not reside. Abuses existed in absenteeism in pre-Revolutionary France, in 19th-century Ireland, in E and SE Europe before World War I, and in some oil-producing nations of the Middle East as late as the second half of the 20th cent. Revolution and reform have abolished or greatly reduced the amount of absentee control throughout the world. In the United States the term has been applied to the concentration of economic power through various corporate devices. Chain stores and branch banking are sometimes classified as types of absentee ownership.

absentee ownership

Ownership of land by those who do not live on it but who enjoy income from it. Criticized for centuries as an economic injustice, absentee ownership was a feature of pre-Revolutionary France and English rule of Ireland. Ending the practice continues to be a goal of land reform programs in many developing countries.

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No references found	Alarmed by the consequences of absentee ownership and management by profit motive, and effectively shut out of newspaper purchases by high prices, nine family-owned companies have agreed to share their fiscal resources if, by doing so, they can buy a newspaper one of them alone could not afford. FAMILIES UNITE TO CREATE A BUYING FORCE Nine companies form joint ... by NewsInc Even more intriguing, though, are the social and cultural practices that developed, especially the manipulation of the system by masters (or rather overseers, as absentee ownership was typical of this region) and slaves, each for their own gains. "What Nature Suffers to Groe": Life, Labor and Landscape on the ... by Wilson, Carol / Journal of Social History Absentee ownership is assumed when bills for property taxes are sent out-of-state. Out-of-state homebuyers by Business Wire	abruptio placenta Abruzzi Abruzzi, Luigi Amedeo, duca degli Abruzzo abs ABS plastic Absaliamov, Abdurakhman Absaliamov, Abdurakhman Safievich Absalom Absalon Absaroka Absaroka Range absarokite Abscam Abscess abscisic acid abscisin abscissa abscission abscission layer Abscission, Fruit Absence Without Leave Absent-Minded Beggar, The absent-minded professor Absentee Landowning absentee ownership ABSET abside absidiole absiemens absinthe absinthe oil Absolon absolute absolute address absolute addressing absolute age absolute alcohol absolute altimeter absolute altitude Absolute and Relative Deterioration of the Proletariat's Situation absolute angle of attack absolute block system absolute blocking absolute boiling point Absolute Ceiling absolute cell reference absolute code absolute coding absolute configuration absolute convergence	absent-mindedness Absenta Absenta Absenta Absentaneous Absentation Absentation Absente Absente Absente Febre absente reo absented absented absented absentee absentee absentee ballot absentee ballot Absentee ballots Absentee balot Absentee landlord Absentee landlords Absentee Landowning Absentee Management System absentee owner absentee owner absentee owner absentee owner absentee owner Absentee Owners absentee ownership absentee rate absentee vote absentee voter Absentee voting Absentee voting absenteeism absenteeism absenteeism absenteeism absentees absentees Absenter Absenter Absenthe Absenthe Absenthe Absentia Absentia Absentia Absentia ejus qui republicae causa abest absentia epileptica absenting absenting absenting absently absently absently Absentment absentminded absentmindedly

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Alarmed by the consequences of absentee ownership and management by profit motive, and effectively shut out of newspaper purchases by high prices, nine family-owned companies have agreed to share their fiscal resources if, by doing so, they can buy a newspaper one of them alone could not afford.

FAMILIES UNITE TO CREATE A BUYING FORCE Nine companies form joint ... by NewsInc

Even more intriguing, though, are the social and cultural practices that developed, especially the manipulation of the system by masters (or rather overseers, as absentee ownership was typical of this region) and slaves, each for their own gains.

"What Nature Suffers to Groe": Life, Labor and Landscape on the ... by Wilson, Carol / Journal of Social History

Absentee ownership is assumed when bills for property taxes are sent out-of-state.

Out-of-state homebuyers by Business Wire