house rentn.
/ˈhaʊs rɛnt/, U.S. /ˈhaʊs ˌrɛnt/ Rent paid to a landlord on or for a house, apartment, etc. Also: an instance of this; a sum paid in house rent.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [noun] > rents for specific types of property
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1427 in J. A. Kingdon Arch. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1886) I. 162 (MED) Item, paid for house rent to Burton, 26 s. 8 d.
1531 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) Rec. for house rent.
1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes ii. iv. 61 in Wks. II My meritorious Captaine..Merit will keepe no house, nor pay no house rent.
1651 Mercurius Scoticus 18 Nov. in C. H. Firth Sc. & Commonw. (1895) 342 The Reek penny,..which was so much upon the pound of the House-Rents and Dues of every House.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. x. 146 There is no city in Europe, I believe, in which house-rent is dearer than in London. View more context for this quotation
1868 A. S. Hewitt Production Iron & Steel (Paris Universal Exposition 1867) 39 House rent is cheap; a small, ordinary, but comfortable house, with a garden, renting for $16 per year in gold.
1883 Cent. Mag. Feb. 632/2 It has domestic economy pages for the record of the manner of living, house-rent, expenditure, and income, etc., from year to year.
1982 D. A. Smith Song of Hammer & Drill 82 The firm of Hudson and Slaymaker in Silverton prepared mortgages, collected house rents.
2008 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 21 Aug. a1 The Sundhu family always paid their house rent on time and there were never any problems, [their] landlord..said.
Compounds
C1. attributive (originally U.S., in African-American usage) of, relating to, or designating an event held to raise money for house rent (see house rent party n. at Compounds 2), or the type of jazz or blues music originally played at such an event.
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1923 (title of tune) House rent stomp.
1924 (title of tune) House rent blues.
1926 B. V. Ewing That Dance called Mess Around ( (song sheet) (verso) Once a lazy fellow courted Miss Lou-ella He invited her out to a house rent ball.
1938 N.Y. Amsterdam News 12 Mar. 17 Almost primal emotions, hangover from the old ‘down home house rent strut’ days.
1955 N. Shapiro & N. Hentoff Hear me talkin' to Ya xii. 210 Joe..would bash at numerous functions and house-rent stomps along Carlisle and John Streets.
1968 Blues Unlimited Nov. 22 There are the more ‘functional’ Texas and Chicago house-rent pianists.
2002 Independent (Nexis) 5 Nov. 18 A band..which featured 1920s Chicago-style house-rent music.
C2.
house rent party n. U.S. (chiefly African-American) (originally) a house party, usually featuring a musical performance, to which a small admission fee is charged to raise money for house rent; hence (Jazz) any musical session in a house or apartment.
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society > leisure > social event > fund-raising events > [noun] > rent party
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1925 Inter-State Tattler 27 Feb. 8/2 I am a tamer of wild women and bitterly against house-rent parties.
1963 A. Baraka Blues People viii. 104 The city blues grew in the various after-hours joints, house rent parties,..and barbecue and gut parties.
1987 A. Shaw Jazz Age (1989) ii. viii. 80 House rent parties were a facet of Harlem life even before the Depression... An admission was charged, and the piano players supplied the entertainment.
2009 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 22 Sept. 56 Melodic, fun, good-time stuff people used to play on back porches and at house rent parties.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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