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wayleave

[wey-leev]

noun

Law.
  1. a right of way over or under another's ground or property, as for transporting minerals from a mine.



wayleave

/ ˈweɪˌliːv /

noun

  1. access to property granted by a landowner for payment, for example to allow a contractor access to a building site

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wayleave1

First recorded in 1400–50, wayleave is from the late Middle English word waylefe. See way 1, leave 2
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Example Sentences

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Thus, if the mail bag weighed twenty pounds—no very great weight—Finlay had to pay �48, the cost of wayleave for his courier to travel from Albany to New York.

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Five out of six farmers around Crosby Ravensworth have offered to forego wayleave charges and help dig trenches.

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However, Ofcom's new regulations gave no reference to "wayleave", whereby BT is granted special permission by rural groups such as the National Farmers' Union and Countryside Landowners' Association to string cable on poles or in ducts, as part of its universal service obligation.

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