CONSERVANCY

conservancy

(noun) the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc.

conservancy

(noun) a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

conservancy (countable and uncountable, plural conservancies)

The conservation of a resource.

An organization dedicated to the conservation of natural resources.

(British) A commission that deals with fishery and navigation.

(US, legal) A state in which a company is allowed to continue trading without incurring any new financial liabilities or disposing of any assets.

Anagrams

• conversancy

Source: Wiktionary


Con*serv"an*cy, n.

Definition: Conservation, as from injury, defilement, or irregular use. [An act was] passed in 1866, for vesting in the Conservators of the River Thames the conservancy of the Thames and Isis. Mozley & W.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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