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foregift

American  
[fawr-gift, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌgɪft, ˈfoʊr- /

noun

British.

  1. an advance payment or premium paid by a tenant on taking or renewing a lease.

Etymology

Origin of foregift

First recorded in 1735–45; fore- + gift

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Grassum is the term commonly used in the northern parts of the kingdom to signify the fine, or foregift in money, paid by a lessee for the renewal of his lease from a lay or ecclesiastical corporation.

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