See Also: HOMESTEAD(law)
homestead(dictionary)
Homestead exemption(finance)
Homestead (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Homestead Movement(encyclopedia)
homestead 2, verb(dictionary)
Homestead Strike(encyclopedia)
homestead 1, noun(dictionary)
Homestead National Monument(encyclopedia)
HOMESTEAD Credit Union(finance)

homestead (iou)



homestead noun & verb. OE.
[from HOME noun + STEAD noun.]
A. noun.
Orig., the place in which a person or group lives; a settlement. In later use, a home. OE.
N. Amer.
a. A piece of land adequate for the residence and support of a family. M17.
b. A piece of land (usu. 160 acres, approx. 65 hectares) granted to a settler to live on, esp. (US) under the Homestead Act of Congress (1862). E19.
A house with its dependent buildings etc.; esp. a farmstead. L17.
In Australia and New Zealand: the owner's residence on a sheep or cattle station. Also (NZ), a place from which a run is worked. M19.
Comb.: homestead exemption law US a law exempting a homestead from seizure or forced sale for debt.
b. verb trans. & intrans. Settle, live on, (land) as a homestead. N. Amer. L19.
homesteader noun the holder of a homestead; spec. (N. Amer.) a person holding land acquired by settlement, esp. (US) under the Homestead Act of 1862: L19.
homesteading noun (a) a farmstead; (b) N. Amer. the granting of land to settlers, esp. (US) under the Homestead Act of 1862; (c) settling or living on land as a homestead: M19.