Rack-rent

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rack-rent \Rack"-rent`\ (r[a^]k"r[e^]nt`), n.
     A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it;
     an excessive or unreasonably high rent. --Blackstone.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Rack-rent \Rack"-rent`\, v. t.
     To subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant.
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