"property ladder" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: property ladders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} property ladder (plural property ladders)
  1. (British) The hierarchy of owned housing. Wikipedia link: property ladder Tags: British
    Sense id: en-property_ladder-en-noun-nBgSZV3B Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with collocations

Inflected forms

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