land blocking

land blocking
 n.β€” Β«The Competition Commission, a body which aims to stop monopolies in business, previously investigated the company for buying land and not building on it in a bid to prevent rivals opening stores nearbyβ€”a process known as “land blocking.”Β» β€”β€œBoost for Tesco fight” Belper News (England) Sept. 10, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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