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bought to let

bought to let is the simple past and past participle of buy to let.

Meaning of buy to let

Verb

buy to let (third-person singular simple present buys to let, present participle buying to let, simple past and past participle bought to let)

  1. (UK, idiomatic) To purchase a property as in investment, and to let it out for rental instead of living in it

Questions about bought to let

What is bought to let the simple past and past participle of?
Bought to let is the simple past and past participle of buy to let.

Words near bought to let in the dictionary

  1. bought the farm
  2. bought the rabbit
  3. bought the rack
  4. bought the rumor
  5. bought time
  6. bought to let
  7. bought up
  8. bought with one's ears
  9. bought wolf tickets
  10. boughten
  11. boughtest

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