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freehold

nounC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechmostly written

Other forms: freeholds

A freehold is ownership of land outright and for ever. Buy the freehold.

The alternative is a lease, which runs out and loses value as it shortens. A freehold flat is rare in England, which is why the leasehold system causes so many arguments.

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Definitions of freehold

  1. 1nounfreeholdOwnership of land outright and for ever.C1

    “They bought the freehold between the six flats.”

freehold is ownership.

Practised in A Song of Ice and Fire

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freehold in the wild

  • A "fee simple" is land held without being subject to a term of years (i.e., indefinitely), and thus a form of freehold ownership.

    Fee simple

  • If the time of ownership can be fixed and determined, it cannot be a freehold.

    Freehold (law)

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