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shorthold

shorthold adjective: describing a tenancy that exists for an agreed term, at the end of which the property may be recovered by the landlord.

Adjective

shorthold (not comparable)

  1. (UK) Describing a tenancy that exists for an agreed term, at the end of which the property may be recovered by the landlord.

Noun

shorthold (plural shortholds)

  1. A tenancy of this kind.

Forms of shorthold

pluralshortholds

Origin of shorthold

From short + hold.

Questions about shorthold

What does shorthold mean?
Shorthold means describing a tenancy that exists for an agreed term, at the end of which the property may be recovered by the landlord.
What part of speech is shorthold?
Shorthold can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near shorthold in the dictionary

  1. shorthanders
  2. shorthanding
  3. shorthands
  4. shorthead redhorse
  5. shorthead redhorses
  6. shorthold
  7. shortholder
  8. shortholders
  9. shortholds
  10. shorthorn
  11. shorthorn sculpin

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