ground rent

the rent at which land is let to a tenant either for a long term or perpetually.

Origin of ground rent

First recorded in 1660–70

Robert imagined that he was magnifying matters, in order to lessen any possible demand of ground-rent.

Cedar Creek |Elizabeth Hely Walshe
We forbid the payment of interest as little as we "forbid" the undertaker's profit or the landlord's ground-rent.

Freeland |Theodor Hertzka
I bought one of these houses, subject to the ground-rent, and moved into it as soon as finished.

The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete |William T. Sherman
Almost all the slaves and colonists who had ground-rent to pay to the monastery were gathered at the place.

The Abbatial Crosier |Eugne Sue

For this he received £2 10s., and his ground-rent was reduced from 13d.

Shakespeare's Family |Mrs. C. C. Stopes

ground rent

law the rent reserved by a lessor on granting a lease, esp one for a long period of years