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rackrent

rackrent is the rare form of rack rent.

Meaning of rack rent

Noun

rack rent (countable and uncountable, plural rack rents)

  1. (formal) The full rental value of a property, including both land and improvements, if it were subject to an immediate open market rent review.
  2. (historical, informal) 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 rackrent

pluralrackrents

Questions about rackrent

What is rackrent the rare form of?
Rackrent is the rare form of rack rent.

Words near rackrent in the dictionary

  1. rackmounts
  2. rackne
  3. rackoid
  4. rackoids
  5. rackoone
  6. rackrent
  7. rackrents
  8. racks
  9. racks and pinions
  10. racks and snails
  11. racks in

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