About The Word Rack-rent
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Rack-rent
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What's The Definition Of Rack-rent?
[n] an extortionate rent
Synonyms | Synonyms for Rack-rent: Related Terms | Find terms related to Rack-rent: See Also | rent Rack-rent In Webster's Dictionary \Rack"-rent`\, n.
A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it;
an excessive or unreasonably high rent. --Blackstone.
\Rack"-rent`\, v. t. To subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant. |
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