"buy to let" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-buy to let.ogg [Australia] Forms: buys to let [present, singular, third-person], buying to let [participle, present], bought to let [participle, past], bought to let [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|buy<,,bought> to let}} buy to let (third-person singular simple present buys to let, present participle buying to let, simple past and past participle bought to let)
  1. (UK, idiomatic) To purchase a property as in investment, and to let it out for rental instead of living in it Tags: UK, idiomatic Related terms: buy-to-let
    Sense id: en-buy_to_let-en-verb-ZhCpIuFB Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

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