rack-rent
rack-rent is the alternative form of rack rent.
Meaning of rack rent
Noun
rack rent (countable and uncountable, plural rack rents)
- The full rental value of a property, including both land and improvements, if it were subject to an immediate open market rent review.
- An excessive rent.
- Number 10 was a prosperous-looking young Italian, Signor Tomelli, who possibly had plenty of money from rackrents in Milan and would probably play a dashing and foolish game. He might lose his temper and make a scene.1953, Ian Fleming, “The High Table”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 73
Forms of rack-rent
| plural | rack-rents |
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Questions about rack-rent
- What is rack-rent the alternative form of?
- Rack-rent is the alternative form of rack rent.
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