shorthold tenancy

/ (ˈʃɔːtˌhəʊld) /

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noun

(in Britain) the letting of a dwelling by a nonresident private landlord for a fixed term of between one and five years at a fair rent

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How to use shorthold tenancy in a sentence

A California family is struggling to evict their now-fired live-in nanny—and tenancy laws are on her side.
When Mrs. Doubtfire Won’t Leave|Keli Goff|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On the other hand the letting of an entire floor for lodgings may create a tenancy, and so may even a single room.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
And also point out authorities bearing upon the customs of Celtic agricultural tenancy?
Notes and Queries, Number 192, July 2, 1853|Various
Will any antiquary versed in Celtic customs explain whether this claim of possession grew out of any Celtic usage of tenancy?
Notes and Queries, Number 192, July 2, 1853|Various

Whether he only wanted them during his tenancy or meant to keep them afterwards, we never knew.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 16, 1917.|Various
The motion was supported by Mr. Hume, on the ground that seven years was too long a tenancy of a political trust.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan