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white rent

white rent noun: rent paid in silver.

Noun

white rent (countable and uncountable, plural white rents)

  1. (historical) Rent paid in silver.
  2. (historical) A poll tax of eightpence paid by tinners to the Duke of Cornwall.

Forms of white rent

pluralwhite rents

Questions about white rent

What does white rent mean?
White rent means rent paid in silver.
What part of speech is white rent?
White rent is a noun.
What is the plural of white rent?
The plural of white rent is white rents.

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