foregiftn.
/ˈfɔːɡɪft/ Law. ‘A premium for a lease’ (Wharton 1867).
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foregift1744
premium1859
1744 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1890) VIII. A fine or foregift was paid to the late Lady Stapleton.
1844 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. III. iv. ii. iii. 143 That no fine or foregift be taken for the same, that no lessee shall be made dispunishable for waste.
1881 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 16 598 There was reserved on every demise..the best yearly rent without taking any fine, premium or foregift.
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n.1744- to be no stranger
- to be no substitute for
- to be no way but one
- to be no worse than one's word
- to be nobody's business
- to be nobody's enemy but one's own
- to be none of a person's business
- to be not as green as one is cabbage-looking
- to be not as green as one is cabbagelooking
- to be not doing for one's health
- to be not doing something for one's health
- to be not nought to charge
- to be not to charge
- to be not to know
- to be nothing to
- to be nought
- to be nowhere
- to be nowt o'clock
- to be nuts on
- to be nuts upon
- to be obliged
- to be obumbred to
- to be occasionally on two in (also of several minds, etc)
- to be occasionally on two in twenty minds several minds, etc)
- to be occasionally on two minds several minds, etc)