Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ground rent

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English

Syllables: ground rent
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

""You had better go to the devil and ask him for my ground-rent," he said."

Usage

Inflected Forms

ground rents (plural)

Questions

What does ground rent mean?: 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.

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