Definitions for rack-rent

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

rack′-rent`(n.)

  1. rent equal to or nearly equal to the full annual value of a property.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rack-rent(noun)

    a rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it; an excessive or unreasonably high rent

  2. Rack-rent(verb)

    to subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant


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