| 单词 | profit rent |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprofit rent profit rent n. a rent, or that part of a rent, which constitutes a profit to a landlord, esp. one acquired by subletting a property. ΚΠ 1755 ‘Country Gentleman’ Rem. Conduct Messrs W—ks & D—n 17 A regular Rent-rool of..the Rents paid, the Rents they set for, his profit Rents, [etc.]. 1800 M. Edgeworth Castle Rackrent 70 Jason set the land as soon as his lease was sealed to under-tenants, to make the rent, and got two hundred a year profit rent. 1891 Cent. Mag. Jan. 341/1 A multitude of middlemen who make profit rents out of subletting their property. 1921 Times 10 Mar. 4/6 The landlord, by reason of his having agreed to pay the rates, actually receives a profit rent of less than the rateable value. 1996 J. Ratcliffe & M. Stubbs Urban Planning Real Estate Devel. xiii. 298 The developer then aims to sublet the property, preferably at a rent in excess of that paid to the investor, thereby creating an immediate profit rent. < as lemmas |
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