development area
noun [ C ]
ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT, PROPERTY ukusan area of a country, especially a poor area with a lot of unemployed people, where the government tries to encourage economic development by offering financial advantages to people who start companies, factories, etc. there:
It is a government development area with tax advantages.
an area that a local government decides will be used for new businesses, industry, housing, etc.:
Within the development area itself, smaller 'artisan' units will cater for more specialist professional companies, such as lawyers and architects.
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development land
development zone