释义 |
‖ ejido|eˈxiðo, eɪˈhiːðəʊ| [Mexican Sp., f. Sp. ejido common land, f. L. exitus departure, f. exīre to go out.] In Mexico, land farmed communally; a co-operative farm; land to which communal title is held. Also attrib.
1889in Cent. Dict. 1931C. Beals Mexican Maze ii. 37 Their ejidos (village commons)..were again menaced. 1938New Statesman 12 Feb. 241/1 To facilitate the harvesting of profitable crops, the lands are in some places worked collectively, the members of each neighbourhood or ‘ejido’ helping each other in co-operative fashion. 1946H. F. Infield Co-operative Living in Palestine 4 The Russian Kolkhoz, the Palestinian Kvutza, the Mexican Ejido..have made effective use of comprehensive co-operation. 1964New Statesman 28 Feb. 327/3 Zapata stressed the return of the lost communal holdings to the rural Indian villages. Thus he proposed the ‘ejido’ system in which title to lands was to be vested in the landholding village. |