Definition of cadastre

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ca·das·tre also ca·das·ter    (k-dstr) KEY 

NOUN:

A public record, survey, or map of the value, extent, and ownership of land as a basis of taxation.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French, from Provençal cadastro, from Italian catastro, alteration of Old Italian catastico, from Late Greek katastikhon, register : Greek kata-, by ; see cata- + Greek stikhos, line; see steigh- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
ca·dastral(Adjective)