permissive waste
- noun
- Jargon
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desperdicio permisivo
- The landlord claimed the tenant was responsible for permissive waste after years of neglect.
Examples
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Under the lease agreement, the tenant could be liable for permissive waste if maintenance was ignored.
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Failure to repair the leaking roof resulted in permissive waste to the estate.
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The landlord was concerned about the permissive waste caused by the tenant's neglect.
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Did you know that permissive wastes can lead to significant financial losses?
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The landlord claimed the tenant was responsible for permissive waste after years of neglect.
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Under the lease agreement, the tenant could be liable for permissive waste if maintenance was ignored.
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Failure to repair the leaking roof resulted in permissive waste to the estate.
Synonyms
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Damage to a property by a person living there that reduces its value
How Damaging
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun combines 'permissive' (allowing or lax) with 'waste' (injury to property), so a learner can partly infer a meaning like damage or loss resulting from permissive behaviour or neglect. However, it is a technical legal term with the specific nuance that the loss is caused by omission/neglect (typically by a tenant) rather than active destruction, a distinction a B1 learner who only knows the basic senses of the constituents is unlikely to recover fully.
Etymology
Permissive waste comes from the image of someone who 'allows' a house or land to fall into damage: permissive means letting it happen and waste means 'loss of value'. So when a tenant does not fix or care for a place and it becomes worth less, that neglect is called 'permissive waste'.