reversionary

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UK/ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ)ʒənəɹi/UK/ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ)ʒənɹi/US/ɹəˈvɝʒəˌnɛɹi/

noun

A reversioner.

“a reversionary interest or right”

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Meanings

nounreversionary (plural reversionaries)

plural reversionaries

adjectivereversionary (comparative more reversionary, superlative most reversionary)

comparative more reversionary · superlative most reversionary

  1. Pertaining to reversion, especially that of an estate.

    a reversionary interest or right

    2 more examples

    If this was unrestricted freehold, the land is available for sale or lease, although often it is not readily marketable, by reason of its shape and access; neighbouring landowners are possible purchasers. In some cases, reversionary rights were reserved to neighbouring landowners when the land was acquired.

    1951 June, “The Why and the Wherefore: Abandoned Branch Lands”, in Railway Magazine, page 428

    Small animals Began to mooch around and climb up this Reversionary desk and dustable heirloom.

    1958, Howard Nemerov, “Seven Macabre Songs”, in Mirrors and Windows

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

reversionary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reversionary

MLA

“reversionary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reversionary. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reversionary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reversionary.

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