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improving leases

improving leases is the plural of improving lease.

Meaning of improving lease

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

Questions about improving leases

What is improving leases the plural of?
Improving leases is the plural of improving lease.

Words near improving leases in the dictionary

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

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