Definitions (2) 1. In the U.K. and the Commonwealth countries, the rent that a person who builds upon land owned by another, commonly under a 99-year lease, pays to the land owner. The landowner is ca [..]

1 : the rent paid by a lessee for the use of land esp. for building 2 : a rent charge reserved to himself or herself or his or her heirs by the grantor of land in fee simple, on perpetual lease, or .. [..]

Rent paid to the owner for use of land, normally on which to build a building. Generally, the arrangement is that of a long-term lease (e.g. 99 years) with the lessor retaining title to the land.

A sum the leaseholder pays for the use if the land only.

Ground rent is a regular payment required under a lease from the owner of leasehold property, payable to the freeholder. A ground rent is created when a freehold piece of land or a building is sold on [..]

Rent paid for vacant unimproved property. If the property is improved, ground rent is that portion of the total earnings attributable to the land only.

 – you will be charged this if you have purchased a leasehold property.  It is often a token 'peppercorn' rent charged annually.

There is now a facility available to buy your ground rent

An annual charge levied by the freeholder to the leaseholder.

The amount of money that is paid for the use of land when title to a property is held as a leasehold estate rather than as a fee simple estate.

Is the charge paid to the Landlord, usually on an annual basis, and fixed by the Lease terms.