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fleecehold

noun

Etymology

Blend of fleece + leasehold.

  1. derived from *kel-✻
  2. derived from *haldaną✻
  3. derived from *haldan✻
  4. derived from healdan
  5. derived from holden
  6. compounded as leasehold — “lease + hold”
  7. compounded as fleecehold — “fleece + leasehold”

Definitions

  1. The charging of exorbitant maintenance fees to people living on private estates.

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