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market rent

British

noun

(in Britain) the rent chargeable for accommodation, allowing for the scarcity of that kind of property and the willingness of tenants to pay

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Related: ‘I will soon turn 65’: My son wants to live in my investment property for less than market rent.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026

"Those owning outright and those whose rents are fully met by income support are in better position than those who have bought recently or who are paying a market rent," the report stated.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2025

Landlords also cannot evict a tenant if they owe rent that is less than a certain threshold called the fair market rent of the unit.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2024

They found that hurricanes corresponded to higher eviction filings and eviction threats by inflating market rent the year of and one year after the hurricane.

From Science Daily • Dec. 14, 2023

Stall′age, liberty of erecting stalls in a fair or market: rent paid for this liberty.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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