Meaning & use
abated rent
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Meanings
noununcountablelegal
Rent that a tenant pays at a reduced amount, or does not have to pay at all for a period, usually because of a defect, damage or a lease term.
Grammar: No plural and no a: the tenant received abated rent.
Patterns
- abated rent for a period
- receive abated rent
The lease granted abated rent for the first two months while the shop was renovated.
After the fire, the tenant was entitled to abated rent until repairs were finished.
The landlord agreed to abated rent during the construction work.
noununcountablebusiness
A lease arrangement in which the landlord waives part of the rent as an incentive, common in commercial property deals.
Grammar: Used as a lease term: the contract includes abated rent.
Patterns
- abated rent clause
- abated rent period
The company signed the lease partly because of six months of abated rent.
A period of abated rent can attract new tenants to an empty building.
Common combinations
- period of abated rent
- The contract includes a six-month period of abated rent.
- entitled to abated rent
- The tenant was entitled to abated rent after the flood.
- abated rent clause
- The abated rent clause is on page four.
- negotiate abated rent
- Many tenants negotiate abated rent when signing long leases.
- abated rent period
- The abated rent period ends in March.
Synonyms and how they differ
- rent reduction
- Rent reduction is a general plain-English phrase, whereas abated rent is the legal term often used in lease language.
- rent holiday
- A rent holiday is a British expression for a period with no rent, while abated rent can be a partial cut as well.
- free rent
- Free rent means no payment at all, whereas abated rent may be only a reduction.
- rent concession
- A rent concession is a broader term for any rent discount offered, while abated rent names the reduced payment itself.
Opposites
Word family
- abate verb
- to become less or reduce
- abatement noun
- a reduction or ending of something
- abating adjective
- becoming weaker or less
- rent abatement noun
- a reduction of rent, the common legal phrase
Commonly confused: abated rent or abated? abated rent or waived rent?
abated rent vs abated
Abated alone means reduced in strength, as in the storm abated; abated rent is the specific lease term.
abated rent vs waived rent
Waived rent means the landlord gives up the right to the payment, while abated rent can mean any reduction.
Practice
The flood made the shop unusable, so the landlord agreed to ___ until repairs were finished.
Choose one answer.
Abated rent is rent reduced or paused, which fits a flood-damaged shop. Raised rent would increase the cost, the opposite of what the tenant needs.
Make it your own
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