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ground rent
noun
- the rent at which land is let to a tenant either for a long term or perpetually.
ground rent
noun
- law the rent reserved by a lessor on granting a lease, esp one for a long period of years
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ground rent1
First recorded in 1660–70
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Example Sentences
The premium mentioned is absurdly inadequate, and the ground-rent is quite improperly low.
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He had a permanent ground rent on her hill estate as lasting as time, a matter of some ten pounds.
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Afterward we'll settle with the owners of the land for the ground rent and for the proper damages and for all the rest of it.
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I bought one of these houses, subject to the ground-rent, and moved into it as soon as finished.
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Ground-rent exists only because the State stands by to collect it and to protect land-titles rooted in force or fraud.
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