in-lot

noun

1

: a lot of land within a larger plot : interior lot

in a retail district, the corner is more desirable than the in-lots

—H. E. Hoagland

2

: a homestead lot on a townsite granted or sold to an early settler in North America

Word History

Etymology

in entry 4 + lot

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