the classification of land according to restrictions placed on its use and development

the property's zoning would allow taller buildings than proposed

an experimental system of zoning

(especially in Nigeria) the practice of allocating nominations for certain political offices to candidates from particular regions as part of an unofficial power-sharing arrangement within a political party

those opposed to zoning argued that the party's presidential standard bearer could come from any part of the country

divide into or assign to zones

the park has been zoned into four distinct bioregions, each with its own ecological identity

encircle as or with a band or stripe