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Definition: Usufruct |
UsufructNoun1. A legal right to use and derive profit from property belonging to someone else provided that the property itself is not injured in any way. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "usufruct" was first used: 1630. (references) |
Etymology: Usufruct \U"su*fruct\, noun. [Latin expression usufructus, ususfructus, usus et fructus; usus use fructus fruit.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Business | The right to enjoy the use and advantages of another's property short of destruction or wastage of its substance. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Use | Exercitation; application, appliance; adhibition, disposal; consumption; agency; (physical); usufruct; usefulness; benefit; recourse, resort, avail. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Usufruct |
| English words defined with "usufruct": usufructuary. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "usufruct": bare owner, bare proprietor. (references) |
| "Usufruct" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Usufruct" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "usufruct": right of usufruct. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
usufruct | 10 |
hungary in law usufruct | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "usufruct"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | uzufrukt, e drejtë përdorimi pronës së huaj. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حق الانتفاع. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | узуфрукт, плодоползуване. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | užívací právo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | brugsret (tenure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vruchtgebruik (tenure, usufructuary), vrucht gebruik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | حق عمری ورقبی داشتن , حق عمری ورقبی , حق استفاده ازعین ونماءات , ازعین ونماءات مالی استفاده کردن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | nautintaoikeus (right of enjoyment, usufructuary right), nautinta (usage), käyttöoikeus (enjoyment, right to use). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | usufruit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | nutznießung (use), Nießbrauch (a kind of usufruct, life estate, personal right to make useof something belonging to another, right of user). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επικαρπία (enjoyment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | haszonélvezet (fruition, use). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | usufrutto (enjoyment, husband's wife dowry, parents'legal usufruct of their childrens's estate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | "益物権 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ようえきぶっけ". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kiartys ymmyd (easement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ufructusay usufruto. (various references) узуфрукт. (various references) pravo na uživanje tuđe svojine. (various references) usufructo (abuse, abusiveness), de usufructo. (various references) nyttjanderätt (use). (various references) kullanım hakkı (tenancy, tenure), intifa hakkı (right of usufruct, usufructary right). (various references) узурфрукт. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | usus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "usufruct": usufructs, usufructuaries, usufructuary. (additional references) | |
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"Usufruct" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: usufrunct, usufrunt. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-f-r-s-t-u-u-u" | |
-3 letters: crust, curfs, curst, fucus, scurf, turfs. | |
-4 letters: crus, curf, curs, curt, cuts, furs, rust, ruts, scut, surf, turf, urus. | |
-5 letters: cur, cut, fur, rut, uts. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-f-r-s-t-u-u-u" | |
+1 letter: fructuous, usufructs. | |
+4 letters: usufructuary. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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