| 单词 | petty rent |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspetty rent petty rent n. now historical rent paid in addition to service, as opposed to rent in chief, or quit-rent; the system of charging such a rent. ΚΠ 1569 Chamberlain's Accts. in J. Webb Town Finances Elizabethan Ipswich (1996) 89 Res[eyved] of the peti rentes due to the towne as by the particuler extreite appereth vj li. v d. 1656 W. Dugdale Antiq. Warwickshire 522 For in 5 E[dward]. 3. several persons of this town had leave to amortize divers particular petty Rents thereunto, which they charged upon certain Houses and lands situate within the compasse thereof. 1776 J. Philipot Villare Cantianum (ed. 2) 210 The reason of this..was..as an acknowledgement of the service and fealty they owed them, because they held their lands by some petty rent, charge, or homage, of some principal manor. 1873 Times 3 Feb. 12/2 [He] would in Burmah become a peasant-proprietor..of as much land as he chose to cultivate at a petty rent under a benevolent landlord. 1975 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 35 716 He would therefore most probably opt for a mixture of labor services and petty rents. < as lemmas |
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