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fief

noun
🔊/fiːf/
🔊/fiːf/
(also fiefdom
🔊/ˈfiːfdəm/
🔊/ˈfiːfdəm/
)
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  1. (law法律, old use) an area of land, especially a rented area for which the payment is work, not money土地；（尤指）采邑，封地
  2. an area or a situation in which somebody has control or influence领域；势力范围
    • She considers the office as her own private fiefdom.她把办公室视为她的私人领地。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French, from medieval Latin feodum, feudum, ultimately of Germanic origin.