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Verbal tenancy agreement

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  • pbartlett
    pbartlett Posts: 1,397 Forumite
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    edited 31 July 2021 at 2:21PM
    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.
  • hazyjo
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    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.
    Sure that's UK and not US?
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  • AdrianC
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    hazyjo said:
    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.
    Sure that's UK and not US?
    "Verbal" has two subtly different meanings...

    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.
  • badger09
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    Common usage of verbal is surely understood to mean spoken rather than written?
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