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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
Rack-rent denotes two different concepts:
an excessive rent. Such rents can be described as rack-rent, and this sense of the term is economically meaningful, and distinct from other forms of rent.
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rent-rack
† 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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racked
▪ I. racked, ppl. a.1 (rækt) [f. rack v.1 + -ed1.] Driven along, as clouds by the wind.1858 Kingsley Poems 150 Winds, upon whose racked eddies, far aloft, My thoughts in exultation held their way.▪ II. racked, ppl. a.2 (rækt) [f. rack n.2 or v.2 + -ed.] Fitted with a rack or racks.1890 Anthony's Pho...
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Law of rent
See also
Differential and absolute ground rent
Economic rent
Georgism
Henry George
Iron law of wages
Rack-rent
Schumpeterian rent
Von Thünen rent
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rack
▪ I. rack, n.1 (ræk) Forms: 4 rac, 4–5 rakke, 4–6 rak, (5 rake), 6–7 racke, 5– rack. [Chiefly a northern word, and perh. of Scandinavian origin; cf. Norw. and Sw. dial. rak (Sw. vrak, Da. vrag) wreck, wreckage, refuse, rubbish, etc., f. reka to drive, reke. The only form recorded in ON. is rek wreck...
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William Drennan
leaving management of their estates to an agent, "whose principle business is to ingratiate himself with his master, by squeezing the uttermost farthing of rack-rent
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competition
▪ I. competition (kɒmpɪˈtɪʃən) [ad. L. competītiōn-em agreement, a judicial demand, rivalry, n. of action f. competĕre: see compete.] 1. a. ‘The action of endeavouring to gain what another endeavours to gain at the same time’ (J.); the striving of two or more for the same object; rivalry. Now largel...
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Plan of Campaign
stratagem adopted in Ireland between 1886 and 1891, co-ordinated by Irish politicians for the benefit of tenant farmers, against mainly absentee and rack-rent
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تسييج
أن نقطة الزيادة المفرطة في الأسعار قد حدثت في عشرينيات القرن السادس عشر، حيث تظهر الأدبيات الشعبية كأعمال روبرت كراولي شكوى المستأجرين من نوع إيجار (rack-rent
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