Amount to be paid by a person or business for violating a statute or legal court order. It may also be assessed for violating the provisions of a contract. Examples of penalties are a charge made by the Internal Revenue Service for underpaying corporate income taxes, penalty assessed by a municipality for failing to pay property taxes, penalty due to prepaying a mortgage, amount arising from breaking a real estate contract, and fee due from prematurely terminating a lease.
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Written agreement in which the lessee pays rent to the lessor for the use of real property for a stated time period. An example is the tenant's rental of an apartment or office space. ...
A step's edge. ...
List of business property. ...
Land zoned for industrial use including manufacturing, factory office and warehouse space, research and development. ...
Structure built into the water from the land providing a facility for boats to tie up. A dock will often provide utility access ...
Right of an individual to be offered something before it is offered to others. For example, a tenant whose apartment is going to be converted to a cooperative has the first right of ...
Situation in which a business debts exceed the fair market value of its assets. ...
The individual responsible for an escrow account. ...
A roof having two slopes on each side. The second slope is longer than the first part of the roof and extremely steep. ...
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