释义 |
rent-free, a. [rent n.1] Exempt from payment of rent. (Usually predicative.)
1631Weever Anc. Funeral Mon. 499 Almes-houses for twenty poore widowes to dwell in rent free. 1726Berkeley Let. Wks. 1871 IV. 130, I prefer his having it rent-free to a rent of twenty pounds. 1866Chambers's Encycl. s.v. Rent, Where lands are held rent-free, it is usual for the landlord to reserve some nominal rent. 1883Ld. Blackburn in Law Rep. 9 Appeal Cases 66 It was most reasonable..that where the salary was partly paid by a rent-free house, the officer should pay the tax on that house. |