fief
noun /fiːf/
/fiːf/
(also fiefdom
/ˈfiːfdəm/
/ˈfiːfdəm/
)- (law, old use) an area of land, especially a rented area for which the payment is work, not money
- an area or a situation in which somebody has control or influence
- She considers the office as her own private fiefdom.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French, from medieval Latin feodum, feudum, ultimately of Germanic origin.