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leaseholder

[ lees-hohl-der ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

First recorded in 1855–60; lease ¹ + holder

Many examples of this type of small leaseholder come from the west of England.

Normally he is a leaseholder, sometimes for life, more usually for a period of years ranging from twenty-one to eighty.

The interest of the customary tenant, therefore, virtually depreciated to the level of that of a leaseholder.

This did not suit a certain Major Thornhill, a relative and leaseholder, and thereupon a pretty plot was hatched.

The free tenant was neither a yearly tenant, nor a leaseholder.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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