low-rentadj.

Brit.

/ˌləʊˈrɛnt/, U.S.

/ˌloʊˈrɛnt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: low adj., rent n.¹

Etymology: < low adj. + rent n.¹

1. Of a property: let at a low rate of rent; cheap to rent. Of a country or area: characterized by low rates of rent.In quot. 1883 with reference to the renting of water privileges.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [adjective] > under- or over-rented

under-rented1801

over-rented1839

low-rent1883

1883 F. A. Walker Polit. Econ. iv. ii. 226 Above these, are found low-rent privileges and high-rent privileges, the measure of rent being the degree of productiveness.

1891 G. Gunton Princ. Social Econ. iii. iv. 234 The migratory movement of the laborers..is constantly from low-rent countries to high-rent countries, from the rural districts where the rent is low to the cities where rent is high.

1912 Amer. Econ. Rev. 2 146 The provision of low-rent homes for workmen.

1936 Times 13 Jan. 9/1 These will consist chiefly of road-work and the building of low-rent houses.

1946 Fortune Aug. 180/2 The stores..plan..to encourage customers to lay in as much as ten days' supply of frozen foods at a time, delivered on telephone order direct from low-rent depots to the home.

2003 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 21 Sept. xiii. 8/1 ‘Hi-Los’, for those who nurture high-minded artistic tastes in low-rent apartments.

2. Originally U.S. slang. Of inferior quality; cheap, ‘tacky’. Cf. downmarket adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [adjective] > of inferior quality or value or appearance

poorc1300

vile1526

mangya1529

fine1565

palterlya1637

scrubby1754

nice1798

shabby1805

waff-like1808

neat1824

chronic1861

tacky1862

shamblya1937

tatty1940

low-rent1966

scrungy1974

1966 Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) Summer 3/2 This cafe is low rent.

1979 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 2 Mar. (CT TV section) 8/1 Silverman has tried desperately to kill off his image as a vulgar huckster of low-rent programming.

1984 InfoWorld (Nexis) 3 Dec. 39 We've always done things the lowrent way... We develop on the cheap.

1997 I. Sinclair Lights out for Territory (1998) 43 Even Arsenal Football Club found Woolwich too lowrent and relocated to Highbury.

2004 C. Lee Aloft v. 139 He's dressed as usual in his low-rent white-collar style.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	low-rent
释义	low-rentadj. Brit. /ˌləʊˈrɛnt/, U.S. /ˌloʊˈrɛnt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: low adj., rent n.¹ Etymology: < low adj. + rent n.¹ 1. Of a property: let at a low rate of rent; cheap to rent. Of a country or area: characterized by low rates of rent.In quot. 1883 with reference to the renting of water privileges. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [adjective] > under- or over-rented under-rented1801 over-rented1839 low-rent1883 1883 F. A. Walker Polit. Econ. iv. ii. 226 Above these, are found low-rent privileges and high-rent privileges, the measure of rent being the degree of productiveness. 1891 G. Gunton Princ. Social Econ. iii. iv. 234 The migratory movement of the laborers..is constantly from low-rent countries to high-rent countries, from the rural districts where the rent is low to the cities where rent is high. 1912 Amer. Econ. Rev. 2 146 The provision of low-rent homes for workmen. 1936 Times 13 Jan. 9/1 These will consist chiefly of road-work and the building of low-rent houses. 1946 Fortune Aug. 180/2 The stores..plan..to encourage customers to lay in as much as ten days' supply of frozen foods at a time, delivered on telephone order direct from low-rent depots to the home. 2003 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 21 Sept. xiii. 8/1 ‘Hi-Los’, for those who nurture high-minded artistic tastes in low-rent apartments. 2. Originally U.S. slang. Of inferior quality; cheap, ‘tacky’. Cf. downmarket adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [adjective] > of inferior quality or value or appearance poorc1300 vile1526 mangya1529 fine1565 palterlya1637 scrubby1754 nice1798 shabby1805 waff-like1808 neat1824 chronic1861 tacky1862 shamblya1937 tatty1940 low-rent1966 scrungy1974 1966 Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) Summer 3/2 This cafe is low rent. 1979 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 2 Mar. (CT TV section) 8/1 Silverman has tried desperately to kill off his image as a vulgar huckster of low-rent programming. 1984 InfoWorld (Nexis) 3 Dec. 39 We've always done things the lowrent way... We develop on the cheap. 1997 I. Sinclair Lights out for Territory (1998) 43 Even Arsenal Football Club found Woolwich too lowrent and relocated to Highbury. 2004 C. Lee Aloft v. 139 He's dressed as usual in his low-rent white-collar style. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1883
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