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fixture

/ˈfɪkstʃə/

A2CEFR level
30/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

An object so affixed to land or a building that it becomes part of it in law and passes on a conveyance.

The fitted kitchen was a fixture and passed to the buyer, whereas the curtains did not.

Topic: Conveyancing & land in Legal English

Business noun

An article once movable that has become legally part of the land by being attached to it.

The fitted kitchen was a fixture and therefore automatically included in the conveyance.

Topic: Real estate & property in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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