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long lease
noun
- (in England and Wales) a lease, originally for a period of over 21 years, on a whole house of low rent and ratable value, which is the occupants' only or main residence. The leaseholder is entitled to buy the freehold, claim an extension of 50 years, or become a statutory tenant
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He sent to Mr. Levi and offered to give him a long lease of his old house if he would but be absent from the trial.
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My present intention is to take a large farm upon a long lease with the option of purchase.
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Marlborough Mills and the adjacent dwelling were held under a long lease; they must, if possible, be relet.
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When death gives us a long lease of life, it takes as hostages all those whom we have loved.
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Thackeray took upon a long lease a somewhat dilapidated mansion, on the west side of Kensington Palace Gardens.
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