ground rent

noun

the rent at which land is let to a tenant either for a long term or perpetually.

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Origin of ground rent

First recorded in 1660–70

Words nearby ground rent

ground plan, ground plane, ground plate, ground plum, ground provisions, ground rent, ground robin, ground rod, ground row, ground rule, ground rule double

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Example sentences from the Web for ground rent

Robert imagined that he was magnifying matters, in order to lessen any possible demand of ground-rent.
Cedar Creek|Elizabeth Hely Walshe
We forbid the payment of interest as little as we "forbid" the undertaker's profit or the landlord's ground-rent.
Freeland|Theodor Hertzka
I bought one of these houses, subject to the ground-rent, and moved into it as soon as finished.
The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete|William T. Sherman
Almost all the slaves and colonists who had ground-rent to pay to the monastery were gathered at the place.
The Abbatial Crosier|Eugne Sue

For this he received £2 10s., and his ground-rent was reduced from 13d.
Shakespeare's Family|Mrs. C. C. Stopes

British Dictionary definitions for ground rent

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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