freeholder
freeholder — 名詞
- freeholdersingular
- freeholdersplural
1. a person who has full and permanent legal ownership of a house, flat, or area of
永久產權人
完全擁有房地產的人
a person who has full and permanent legal ownership of a house, flat, or area of land, rather than renting it or holding it for a fixed number of years
As the freeholder of the building, Tamar pays for repairs to the roof.
身為這棟建築的永久產權人，Tamar 負擔屋頂的修繕費用。
collocation: the freeholder of + property
Christopher wrote to the freeholder to ask for a longer lease on his flat.
Christopher 寫信給永久產權人，希望延長他公寓的租期。
pattern: leaseholder writes to the freeholder
The freeholder agreed to let the residents form a garden committee.
永久產權人同意讓住戶組成一個花園委員會。
Disputes over the broken lift went to the freeholder, not the tenants.
電梯故障的爭議找上永久產權人，而不是租客。
After Joaquín bought the cottage outright, he became its freeholder.
Joaquín 一次付清買下那棟小屋後，就成了它的永久產權人。
- owner
general term; 'freeholder' specifies full permanent ownership in UK property law
- landlord
someone who rents property to tenants; a landlord may or may not be the freeholder
- proprietor
formal term for an owner, often of a business or premises rather than purely land
- leaseholder
someone who holds property under a lease for a fixed period, not outright
- tenant
someone renting the property from a landlord, with no ownership interest
文法句型
the freeholder of [property]
用法筆記
Mainly British English; the term contrasts with 'leaseholder', who only rents the property for a set period. Subject is usually an individual or company that legally owns the land or building.