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com·mon·age

 (kŏm′ə-nĭj)
n.
1. The right to pasture animals on common land.
2. The state of being held in common.
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commonage

(ˈkɒmənɪdʒ)
n
1. (Law) chiefly law
a. the use of something, esp a pasture, in common with others
b. the right to such use
2. (Law) the state of being held in common
3. (Law) something held in common, such as land
4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) another word for commonalty1
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com•mon•age

(ˈkɒm ə nɪdʒ)

n.
1. the joint use of anything, esp. a pasture.
2. the state of being held in common.
3. something that is so held, as land.
4. commonalty (def. 1).
[1600–10]
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Noun1.commonage - property held in common
belongings, property, holding - something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property";
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