the right to buy
/ðə ˌraɪt tə ˈbaɪ/
/ðə ˌraɪt tə ˈbaɪ/
- (in Britain
) the legal right of people renting council houses to buy them cheaply, introduced by the Conservative government in the 1980 Housing Act. Many people bought their homes, which reduced the amount of cheaper property available for rent.英国 购买权:保守党政府在1980年《住房法》中引入的人们廉价租用市政厅的合法权利。许多人购买了房屋,这减少了可供出租的廉价物业的数量。