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Rack-rent - Wikipedia
Rack-rent has often been a term of protest used to denote an unjustly excessive rent (the word "rack" evoking the medieval torture device), usually one paid by ...
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RACK-RENT Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. an excessive or unreasonably high rent 2. British : the highest rent that can be earned on a property.
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Rack rent - Practical Law
In modern usage, a rack rent is usually a rent that represents the full open market annual value of a holding, often simply called the market rent.
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rack-rent
▪ I. ˈrack-rent, n. [f. rack v.3 4 + rent. Rack-rented is found in 1591.] A very high, excessive, or extortionate rent; a rent equal (or nearly equal) to the full value of the land.1607 J. Norden Surv. Dial. v. 80 An obseruing and painefull husband..thriueth as well upon his farme of rack rent, as m...
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RACK-RENT definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
rack-rent in American English 1. an excessively high rent; esp., a rent whose annual amount is equal, or almost equal, to the value of the property.
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rack rent - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
(law, formal) The full rental value of a property, including both land and improvements, if it were subject to an immediate open market rent review.
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RACK RENT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
Meaning of rack rent in English ... a rent that is agreed between the owner of a property and the person renting it, rather than being fixed or ...
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RACK-RENT Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
to exact the highest possible rent for. to demand rack-rent from. rack-rent. noun. a high rent that annually equals or nearly equals the value ...
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Rack rent Definition | Legal Glossary - LexisNexis
A rack rent is the rent that would be obtained for a property on the open market. It can be used to calculate mesne profits, for rent reviews and for other ...
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Rack-rent - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
Originating c.1600 from rent + rack (to extort), "rack rent" means rent raised to the highest or an extortionate level beyond fairness.
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Rack Rent: Understanding Its Legal Definition and Implications
Rack rent is the full annual rent charged for a property, often excessively high and obtained through coercion. How can I tell if I am paying rack rent?
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† rent-rack, v. Obs. rare. [f. rent n.1 + rack v.3] trans. = rack-rent v. Hence † rent-racked ppl. a., † rent-racking vbl. n. and ppl. a.1612 T. Taylor Comm. Titus i. 7 From whence are oppressings, rent-rackings, vsuries,..and murders? 1612 R. Carpenter Soul's Sent. 50 Getting goods wrongfully, as t...
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George Beaumont (minister)
The beggar's complaint, against extortions, corn factors, and against all oppressors (1809)
The beggar's complaint, against rack-rent landlords, corn factors
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Samuel MacCurdy Greer
It gave the Custom of Ulster, which restricted the opportunity to rack-rent tenant improvements, the force of law.
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