ground rents

A form of ground rent — 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

noun
  1. pluralplural of ground rent
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