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dry rent

dry rent noun: a rent reserved by deed, without a clause of distress.

Noun

dry rent (plural dry rents)

  1. (UK) A rent reserved by deed, without a clause of distress.
    • Rent-Seek, or dry Rent, is where a Man passeth his Estate to another, and reserves to him and his Heirs a certain Rent1722, Gilles Jacob, A New Law Dictionary

Forms of dry rent

pluraldry rents

Questions about dry rent

What does dry rent mean?
Dry rent means a rent reserved by deed, without a clause of distress.
What part of speech is dry rent?
Dry rent is a noun.
What is the plural of dry rent?
The plural of dry rent is dry rents.

Words near dry rent in the dictionary

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  6. dry rent
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  8. dry riser
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