landrush
Race for acreage
A landrush is a sudden rush to claim available land, historically referring to government-organized events where settlers raced to stake claims on newly opened territory.
The term now commonly describes any competitive scramble for limited resources released simultaneously: the domain name landrush of the early internet, a landrush for beachfront property.
Also spelled land rush.
Risking something valuable
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
- deedWritten property conveyance
- titleFormal honorific or name
registry · surveying · parcel · ownership · acquisition · grant · patent · appropriation
First to explore territory
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- westwardToward the sunset
- OklahomaSouth Central U.S. state
Competition of speed
- scrambleMix into disorder
- stampedeFrenzied mass flight
- dashQuick burst or pinch
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
chaos · jockeying · frenzy · first-mover · advantage · timing · speed · cutthroat
Web-based commercial enterprise
- cybersquattingPreemptive web address registration
- URLWeb location identifier
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- ICANNDomain name system coordinator
TLD · startup · 1990s · speculation · trademark · resale · parking · monetization
Amount of land owned
- settlerOne who colonizes territory
- cabinSimple wooden dwelling
- farmingCultivating land for food
- cultivationFostering growth through care
preemption · prairie · dugout · improvements · fencing · occupancy
staking
Risking something valuable
title · registry · surveying · parcel · ownership · acquisition · grant · patent · appropriation · conveyance
pioneers
First to explore territory
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- westwardToward the sunset
Oklahoma · boomers · horseback · cavalry · gunshot · noon · border
race
Competition of speed
sprint · chaos · jockeying · frenzy · first-mover · advantage · timing · speed · cutthroat · elbowing
dot-com
Web-based commercial enterprise
- cybersquattingPreemptive web address registration
- URLWeb location identifier
- registrationFormal recording of participation
ICANN · TLD · startup · 1990s · speculation · trademark · resale · parking · monetization · namespace
acreage
Amount of land owned
cultivation · preemption · prairie · dugout · improvements · fencing · occupancy
real-estate
Property and land
capital · risk · profit · speculator · monopoly · flipping · resale · bidding · investors · get-rich-quick
- Domainsdomain registration, domain names, .com, .net, .org
landrushexodus
Mass departure from somewhere
depopulation · abandonment · relinquishment · mass evacuation · rewilding
land, rush, landing, landscape, landed, landmark, inland, mainland, overland