marriage value

noun

The difference in value between a leasehold interest in land and the hypothetical value of its reversionary interest were the leasehold to be determined, which typically increases as the leasehold draws towards its end; frequently considered the market value chargeable to the tenant for a long extension of the leasehold, or for the purchase of the reversionary interest.

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Meanings

nounmarriage value (plural marriage values)

plural marriage values

  1. UKlawThe difference in value between a leasehold interest in land and the hypothetical value of its reversionary interest were the leasehold to be determined, which typically increases as the leasehold draws towards its end; frequently considered the market value chargeable to the tenant for a long extension of the leasehold, or for the purchase of the reversionary interest.

Origin

From marriage + value.

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APA

marriage value. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marriage%20value

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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