English▸ noun
1 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.
2 (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.