noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit (absolved) from other service.

Synonyms

All synonyms

rack rentrentrental

Etymology

Compound of quit + rent.

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