单词 | key money |
释义 | > as lemmaskey money key money n. an (illegal) payment made to a landlord, agent, or tenant, for the right to rent a property. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [noun] > initial payment by tenant out-toll1283 gersum1389 warisonc1450 fine1804 key money1832 in-toll1872 ingoing1905 1832 J. A. Diezmann Vollständiges Taschenwörterbuch 113/2 Key-money. 1898 Daily News 19 Dec. 6/7 The rent was higher than was stated on the rent book and the key money exorbitant. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 28 Mar. 5/2 Some house-agents would still extort ‘key-money’ from tenants. 2006 New Yorker 5 June 34/1 I had to pay the previous tenant twenty-four thousand dollars in key money (as it's known in New York City) for the right to move in. < as lemmas |
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