Freehold is a legal way of owning land or a building. If you have the freehold, the place is yours outright, for an unlimited time — you are not merely renting the right to use it for a set number of years.

Freehold Freehold is指的是a legal way of owning land or a building一種擁有土地或建築物的合法方式。If you have the freehold如果你擁有freehold,the place is yours outright這個地方就完全屬於你,for an unlimited time而且沒有期限——you are not merely renting the right to use it你不是只租用使用權,for a set number of years用一段固定的年限而已。

In Britain, Australia and some other places, people set freehold against leasehold: leasehold means you hold the property for a fixed time, then it goes back. The word lives in contracts, estate agents' windows and law, not in ordinary chat about “my house.” You may hear it as a noun (they bought the freehold) or as a kind of label (a freehold house).

In Britain, Australia and some other places在英國、澳洲和其他一些地方,people set freehold against leasehold人們會把freehold和leasehold拿來對比:leasehold means leasehold指的是,you hold the property for a fixed time你只在固定期間內持有這個房產,then it goes back之後就要歸還。The word lives in contracts, estate agents' windows and law這個字會出現在合約、房仲櫥窗和法律文件裡,not in ordinary chat about "my house."不是在講「我的房子」的日常對話裡。You may hear it as a noun你可能會聽到它當名詞用(they bought the freehold他們買下了freehold),or as a kind of label或當標籤用(a freehold house永久產權的房子)。

Though actually, “free” here does not mean you pay nothing. You may pay a great deal. It means the ownership is not tied to a landlord's clock.

Though actually不過,"free" here「free」這個字在這裡,does not mean並不代表,you pay nothing你完全不用付錢。You你 may pay a great deal可能還是要付一大筆錢。It它means指的是the ownership這個所有權is not tied to a landlord's clock不受房東的時間限制。

Taiwan's land system is not built on this British pair of words, so students mostly meet freehold when they read about property abroad.

Taiwan's land system台灣的土地制度is not built on this British pair of words不是建立在這對英式用語上,so所以,when they read about property abroad學生大多是在讀到國外房地產的時候,students mostly meet freehold才會碰到freehold。