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profit à prendre

profit à prendre noun: a nonpossessory interest in land which grants the legal right to enter onto another person's real property (real estate) for the purpose of taking from its soil, mines and minerals, natural produce or flora and fauna.

Noun

profit à prendre (plural profits à prendre)

  1. A nonpossessory interest in land which grants the legal right to enter onto another person's real property (real estate) for the purpose of taking from its soil, mines and minerals, natural produce or flora and fauna.

Forms of profit à prendre

pluralprofits à prendre
alternative formprofit a prendre
alternative formprofit-à-prendre

Origin of profit à prendre

Learned borrowing from Law French profit à prendre (“profit to be taken”).

Words formed from profit à prendre

Questions about profit à prendre

What does profit à prendre mean?
Profit à prendre means a nonpossessory interest in land which grants the legal right to enter onto another person's real property (real estate) for the purpose of taking from its soil, mines and minerals, natural produce or flora and fauna.
What part of speech is profit à prendre?
Profit à prendre is a noun.
What is the plural of profit à prendre?
The plural of profit à prendre is profits à prendre.

Words near profit à prendre in the dictionary

  1. profit sharing
  2. profit taking
  3. profit takings
  4. profit warning
  5. profit warnings
  6. profit à prendre
  7. profit-a-prendre
  8. profit-taking
  9. profit-takings
  10. profit-à-prendre
  11. profitabilities

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