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Territory(money)
territory(dictionary)
Closed Territory(money)
Indian Territory(encyclopedia)
Northern Territory(encyclopedia)
Territory (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Indian Territory(dictionary)
Northern Territory(dictionary)
Geographical Territory(law)

territory (iou)



territory noun. In sense 4 also Territory. LME.
[Latin territorium, from terra land, after dormitorium, praetorium.]
a. The district or area of land surrounding a city or town and under its jurisdiction; spec. = TERRITORIUM. LME-M17.
b. The extent of the land belonging to or under the jurisdiction of a ruler or State. LME.
capital territory: see CAPITAL adjective & noun2. federal territory: see FEDERAL adjective. SCHEDULED territory.
B. Bettelheim A devastating defeat..; the last Italian territories were lost.
c. Scots Law. The defined district over which a judge's jurisdiction extends and to which it is restricted. M18.
d. Zoology. An area defended by an animal or group of animals against others of the same species. Cf. home range s.v. HOME noun. L18.
e. An area defended by a team or player in a game. L19.
f. The geographical area over which a goods-distributor or sales representative operates. Orig. US. E20.
A tract of land, a district of undefined boundaries; a region. E17.
BBC Wildlife Swampy territory in the..Yucatan peninsula.
fig.
a. An area of knowledge; a sphere of thought or action, a province. M17.
come or go with the territory be an essential or inescapable element (esp. an unwelcome one) of a role or situation.
M. Hocking Life is an act of faith,..a venture into uncharted territory.
b. Anatomy. A tract or region of the body supplied by a specified blood-vessel etc. L19.
An organized division of a country (now esp. Canada and Australia) administered by a federal or external government, but not yet admitted to the full rights of a State. L18.
R. J. Conley Liquor was illegal in Indian Territory, but everyone knew where to get it.