ground rent

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.

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Meanings

nounground rent (countable and uncountable, plural ground rents)

plural ground rents

  1. countableuncountablebusinessRent 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.

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

    1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 99
  2. PennsylvaniacountableuncountableMarylandlawRentcharge.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
rentcharge

Translations

Dutch retributie, solarium
  • retributie1. rent under a ground lease for a surface estate, paid by a ground lessor to a surface owner
  • solarium1. rent under a ground lease for a surface estate, paid by a ground lessor to a surface owner
French rente superficiaire
  • rente superficiaire1. rent under a ground lease for a surface estate, paid by a ground lessor to a surface owner
German Erbbauzins, Bauzins
  • Erbbauzins1. rent under a ground lease for a surface estate, paid by a ground lessor to a surface owner
  • Bauzins1. rent under a ground lease for a surface estate, paid by a ground lessor to a surface owner
Italian canone
  • canone1. rent under a ground lease for a surface estate, paid by a ground lessor to a surface owner
Portuguese solarium
  • solarium1. rent under a ground lease for a surface estate, paid by a ground lessor to a surface owner
Spanish canon superficiario
  • canon superficiario1. rent under a ground lease for a surface estate, paid by a ground lessor to a surface owner
Swedish tomträttsavgäld
  • tomträttsavgäld1. rent under a ground lease for a surface estate, paid by a ground lessor to a surface owner
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APA

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MLA

“ground rent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ground%20rent. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ground rent,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ground%20rent.

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