rack-rent
rack-rent is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 39 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it; an excessive or unreasonably high rent. Blackstone.
- 2.To subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accrue
- acquire
- afford
- alimony
- annuity
- bonus
- bring
- coming
- derive
- draw
- emolument
- from
- gain
- gross
- income
- jointure
- money
- net
- pay
- pension
- pittance
- premium
- proceeds
- profit
- property
- receipt
- receive
- remuneration
- rent
- rentage
- rental
- return
- revenue
- roll
- sweepstakes
- take
- tontine
- value
- yield
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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