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ground rent

 
 
noun [C or U] PROPERTY

Definition

money paid by the owner of a building or apartment to the person who owns the land on which it has been built: He almost lost his home because of unpaid ground rent.
(Definition of ground rent noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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