fair rent
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Her first landlord, Bret Trenkmann, saw value in her mission and gave her a fair rent in SoHo, as did another landlord, Tishman Speyer, on her second location at Rockefeller Center.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024
As a foreigner in Berlin, I know I am disturbing a delicate ecosystem, and I rely on my boyfriend, who is German, to negotiate a fair rent.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 12, 2019
He and his wife would be willing to pay a fair rent calculated according to household income, he says, but the banks and Sareb refuse to negotiate.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2014
Last Saturday night, 320,000 people took to Israel's streets demanding fair rent, free childcare from the age of 3 months and, in general, "social justice."
From Salon • Aug. 15, 2011
Now a golden sovereign for two nights was more than a fair rent, in the days when a farmworker might hope to make fifteen pounds in a good year.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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