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extent

ex.tent \ik-'stent\ n [ME, fr. AF & MF; AF extente land valuation fr. MF, 
   area, surveying of la]nd, fr. extendre to extend archaic  1: valuation (as 
   of land) in Great Britain esp. for taxation  2a: seizure in execution of a 
   writ of extent in Great Britain or the condit ion of being so seized 2b: a 
   writ giving to a creditor temporary possession of his debtor's proper ty 
   3a1: the range or distance over which something extends  3a2: the point, 
   degree, or limit to which something extends  3b: the amount of space which 
   something occupies  3c: an extended tract or region