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buy to let

buy to let verb: to purchase a property as in investment, and to let it out for rental instead of living in it.

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

Forms of buy to let

third-person singular presentbuys to let
present participlebuying to let
past participlebought to let
pastbought to let

Questions about buy to let

What does buy to let mean?
Buy to let means to purchase a property as in investment, and to let it out for rental instead of living in it.
What part of speech is buy to let?
Buy to let is a verb.
What is the past tense of buy to let?
The past tense of buy to let is bought to let.

Words near buy to let in the dictionary

  1. buy the rumor
  2. buy the rumor, sell the fact
  3. buy the rumor, sell the news
  4. buy the same horse twice
  5. buy time
  6. buy to let
  7. buy up
  8. buy when it snows and sell when it goes
  9. buy when it snows, sell when it goes
  10. buy with one's ears
  11. buy wolf tickets

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