freeholder

[free-hohl-der]

noun

1. the owner of a freehold.

2. (in some U.S. counties) a registered voter who owns local property and has been a local resident for a specified length of time.

Word History and Origins

Origin of freeholder¹

1325–75; Middle English freholder ( free, holder ); translation of Anglo-French fraunc tenaunt ( frank ¹, tenant )

Example Sentences

We've worked relentlessly to bring an end to the building safety crisis and developed new measures to get peoples' homes fixed quicker and hold rogue freeholders to account.

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But it currently faces a High Court battle against its plans to abolish the leasehold system altogether, with major freeholders arguing the changes could cost them millions of pounds.

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The fees were paid to the freeholders by insurance companies for buying their products.

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But several freeholders are challenging some aspects of the new laws concerning the price calculations for a lease extension.

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The freeholder of the building is the Grosvenor Estate, which has extensive landholdings in central London.

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