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improving lease

improving lease noun: an extended lease to induce the tenant to make improvements to the premises.

Noun

improving lease (plural improving leases)

  1. (Australia, historical, Scots law) An extended lease to induce the tenant to make improvements to the premises.
    • Cheltenham Farm on the Canning River, consisting of 5,300 acres, belonging to Messrs Clark and Spyers, will be let on an improving lease at a moderate rent. There is a good house on the property, and 14 acres of excellent soil have been cultivated. The straw will be given up to the tenant. This is...1833 March 2, G. Leake, The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal, FARMS TO LET

Forms of improving lease

pluralimproving leases

Questions about improving lease

What does improving lease mean?
Improving lease means an extended lease to induce the tenant to make improvements to the premises.
What part of speech is improving lease?
Improving lease is a noun.
What is the plural of improving lease?
The plural of improving lease is improving leases.

Words near improving lease in the dictionary

  1. improvidentially
  2. improvidently
  3. improving
  4. improving agent
  5. improving agents
  6. improving lease
  7. improving leases
  8. improving on
  9. improving the occasion
  10. improving upon
  11. improvingly

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