Territory (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural ter·ri·to·ries.
  1. any tract of land; region or district.
  2. the land and waters belonging to or under the jurisdiction of a state, sovereign, etc.
  3. any separate tract of land belonging to a state.
  4. (often initial capital letter)Government.
    • a region or district of the U.S. not admitted to the Union as a state but having its own legislature, with a governor and other officers appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate.
    • some similar district elsewhere, as in Canada and Australia.
  5. a field or sphere of action, thought, etc.; domain or province of something.
  6. the region or district assigned to a representative, agent, or the like, as for making sales.
  7. the area that an animal defends against intruders, especially of the same species.
noun plural -ries
  1. any tract of land; district
  2. the geographical domain under the jurisdiction of a political unit, esp of a sovereign state
  3. the district for which an agent, etc, is responsible
  4. an area inhabited and defended by an individual animal or a breeding group of animals
  5. an area of knowledge
  6. (in football, hockey, etc) the area defended by a team
  7. a region of a country, esp of a federal state, that enjoys less autonomy and a lower status than most constituent parts of the state
  8. a protectorate or other dependency of a country
noun
  1. the Territory Australian See Northern Territory
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