Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Rent paid under a ground lease, usually long-term or in perpetuity, for a surface right or estate in land where the landowner (surface owner) and the owner of improvements (ground lessor) are separate; the improvements are effectively security for the payment of the rent.

    Erbbauzins, Bauzins

  2. (Pennsylvania, countable, uncountable)Rentcharge.

More definitions
  • payment for the right to occupy and improve a piece of land

Translations

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By meaning 1
1. rent under a ground lease for a surface estate, paid by a ground lessor to a surface owner:

Forms

plural: ground rents
Singularground rent
Pluralground rents

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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