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ˈcorn-rent
A rent for agricultural land paid in corn, or one the amount of which is determined each year according to the price of corn.
1809Tomlins Law Dict., Corn-rents. 1845Penny Cycl. Suppl. I. 420/2 Corn-rent is a money-rent varying in amount according to the fluctuations of the price of corn. In many parts of the south of Scotland corn-rents are paid according to the fiar prices of corn, as determined in each county by a jury. 1866Rogers Agric. & Pr. I. iv. 72 The Cuxham serf..pays a corn-rent of one quarter of seed wheat at Michaelmas, etc. 1878F. A. Walker Money i. viii. 159 To a certain limited extent such a substitute, where lands are to be leased, has been found in corn-rents. |