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单词 fining down
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fining down
fining down n. Obsolete the practice of reducing rent on payment of a lump sum; an instance of this; cf. to fine down at fine v.2 7b.Recorded earliest in extended use.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [noun] > payment on alteration of tenancy > reduction of rent on
fining down1788
1788 Gentleman's Mag. May 270/1 He denied..that a reduction of interest on the public funds had taken place: He said..it is only a fining down;..comparing it to paying a rent of 80l. a-year for a house, but you reduce to 70l. a-year by paying down 100l.
1832 Q. Jrnl. Agric. 3 No. 17. 743 Some proprietors will fine down a lease whenever a tenant pleases, and will renew the lease from the period of fining down.
1880 Daily Tel. 31 Dec. 3/5 The fining-down system, by which reductions of rent were bought out by lump sums.
1911 Weekly Irish Times 18 Nov. 6/3 The Committee undertaking..the fining down of the rents, £400.
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