long lease
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In exchange for the land on a long lease from the council, it delivers what it calls social value: affordable homes for rent to members of the community.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2023
The biggest difference is the time frame: Rather than being tied to a years’ long lease, subscriptions give you the ability to “own” a car on a month-to-month basis.
From Slate • Dec. 2, 2017
He can make such flat rejections because, even though he doesn’t own his building, he holds an extremely long lease.
From Washington Times • Mar. 12, 2017
With what little money he had left, he purchased a long lease on a 100-acre volcanic island – Restoration Island – just off the remote Cape York peninsula in northern Australia.
From The Guardian • Apr. 23, 2013
Sometimes it is a tenant-farmer with a long lease, who cannot be quickly ejected, who has to bear the brunt of these attacks.
From The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life by Jefferies, Richard
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