See Also: territory(dictionary)
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 (oh)



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1 ?government/military?
2 ?type of land?
3 ?animal?
4 ?new or familiar experience?
5 ?business?
6 come/go with the territory
7 ?land that is not a state?
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[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: territorium 'land around a town', from terra; TERRACE]
?GOVERNMENT/MILITARY?
[U and C] land that is owned or controlled by a particular country, ruler, or military force
::Hong Kong became Chinese territory in 1997.
occupied/enemy/disputed/hostile territory
::The plane was flying over enemy territory.
?TYPE OF LAND?
[U] land of a particular type
uncharted/unexplored territory
::an expedition through previously unexplored territory
?ANIMAL?
[U and C] the area that an animal, bird etc regards as its own and will defend against other animals
::A tiger has a large territory to defend.
::A dog uses urine to mark its territory .
?NEW OR FAMILIAR EXPERIENCE?
[U] a particular area of experience or knowledge
new/unfamiliar/uncharted territory
::The company is moving into unfamiliar territory with this new software.
::Actor Patrick Bergin returns to more familiar territory to play a menacing killer.
?BUSINESS?
[U and C] an area in a town, country etc that someone is responsible for as part of their job, especially someone whose job is to sell products
::a sales territory
come/go with the territory
to be a natural and accepted part of a particular job, situation, place etc
::I'm a cop - getting shot at goes with the territory.
?LAND THAT IS NOT A STATE?
[C] land that belongs to the United States, Canada etc but that is not a state
::the US territory of Guam