noun
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land or property held under a lease
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the tenure by which such property is held
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(modifier) held under a lease
Etymology
Origin of leasehold
Example Sentences
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The owners of the leasehold flats pay a service charge to the managing agent, Ambit CRE, for the maintenance, repairs and management of shared or communal areas as well as insurance.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Scotland did not so much reform leasehold as remove a much smaller version of it.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
She says the Australian system is "much better than leasehold" because ownership and building management are set out in legislation, rather than relying on millions of different leases.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Under the leasehold system, the freeholder appoints a managing agent to maintain and service the common parts of a building.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
In 1775 he was an Addresser of Gage, and was ordered, in consequence, to confine himself to his own leasehold.
From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by James H. Stark
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