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Works contract

any agreement for carrying out for cash, deferred payment or other valuable consideration- (a) the construction, fitting out, improvement, or repair of any building, road, bridge or other immovable property, (b) the installation or repair of any

survey

survey a property diagram that indicates legal boundaries, easements, encroachments, rights of way, improvement locations, etc. Surveys are conducted by licensed surveyors and are normally required by the lender in order to

service

pl. [payment for s rendered] b : the maintenance or repair of tangible property [machinery for the and improvement of the residence] vt ser·viced ser·vic·ing : to provide services for: as a : to meet interest and

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capital expenditure

benefit (as one lasting beyond the taxable year) ;esp : costs that are incurred in the acquisition or improvement of property (as capital assets) or that are otherwise chargeable to a capital account NOTE: Capital expenditures are

accession

the owner of property (as a building, land, or cattle) becomes the owner of an addition by growth, improvement, increase, or labor 2 : the act of assenting or agreeing

Licence

withheld, and (b) that if a lease is for more than forty years and is made for building, improvement, or alteration of buildings, with the exception of some public or similar buildings, no licence or consent is

Betterment

A making better amendment improvement

New building

New building. Under the (English) Road Improvement Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 68), s. 11, new building 'includes any addition to an

interest

is paid on debt that is secured by one's residence and that was incurred for the acquisition, construction, improvement, or refinancing of the residence or through a home equity loan sim·ple interest : interest computed on the

Libraries (Public)

Acts, 1855-1890, authorised the establishment, at the expense of the ratepayers, of free public libraries in municipal boroughs, Improvement Act districts, and parishes, in England, by the vote of a majority of two-thirds of the inhabitants, taking

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