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Verbal tenancy agreement
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verbal means 'using words' - as opposed to, eg, morse code or semaphore.
Nor many tenancy agreements are in morse code. Oral or written, they are all verbal.2 -
"Verbal" has two subtly different meanings...hazyjo said:
Sure that's UK and not US?pbartlett said:verbal means 'using words' - as opposed to, eg, morse code or semaphore.
Nor many tenancy agreements are in morse code. Oral or written, they are all verbal.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/verbal
1. Spoken rather than written.
2. Relating to words.
So while it is not incorrect to say that a verbal tenancy is using words, it's equally correct to use the term to refer to a spoken, unwritten one.1 -
Common usage of verbal is surely understood to mean spoken rather than written?2
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