rack rentn.

Brit.

/ˈrak rɛnt/, U.S.

/ˈræk ˌrɛnt/

Forms: see rack v.¹ and rent n.¹

Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rack v.¹, rent n.¹; rack n.³, rent n.¹

Etymology: Probably partly < rack v.¹ + rent n.¹, and partly < rack n.³ + rent n.¹ (compare rack n.³ 3).

A very high, excessive, or extortionate rent; spec. a rent equal (or nearly equal) to the annual value of the land; frequently at (the) rack rent. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. In modern non-pejorative use also: (English Law) a rent of at least two thirds of the annual value of the property; a full market-value rent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [noun] > instance of

shavery1549

rack rent1605

shave1834

touch1896

shakedown1902

hold-up1908

milking1936

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [noun] > excessive

rack1524

rack rent1605

1605 [implied in: J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iii. 113 The needie, hard-racke-rented Hinde. (at rack-rented adj. 1)].

1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue v. 80 An obseruing and painefull husband..thriueth as well upon his farme of rack rent, as many..Freeholders.

1608 T. Middleton Familie of Love (new ed.) i. sig. A3 ^v Lip... Nil muliere leuius. Gug. Tut man euery one knowes their woorth, when they are at a rack rent.

1687 E. Clarke Let. 28 Jan. in J. Locke & E. Clarke Corr. (1927) 189 In case you settle on Mr Stratton's two children..for their lives your estate in fee that is now let at rack-rent, it ought to be taken very kindly by him.

1702 Ld. Fitzwilliam Let. 3 Jan. in Ld. Fitzwilliam & F. Guybon Corr. (1990) 97 I thinke of makeing a farme of them and lett them out to some sufficient man at the racke rent by lease.

1723 J. Swift Some Arguments against Power of Bishops 19 Have many poor Families been Ruined by Rack Rents pay'd for the Lands of the Church?

1768 Woman of Honor II. 178 Subjecting to the rack-rent of avarice and insolence that country of theirs.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. ii. v. 184 One third to the cultivator, and two thirds to the proprietor, would be accounted a rackrent in England.

1833 B. Sayer Attempt to show Justice Income Tax ii. 144 The Annual value is to be understood to be the rack rent, at which Lands have been let, if the commencement of the letting be within seven years.

1875 Public Health Act 38 & 39 Vict. c.55 s.4 ‘Rackrent’ means rent which is not less than two thirds of the full net annual value of the property out of which the rent arises; and the full net annual value shall be taken to be the rent at which the property might reasonably be expected to let from year to year.

1879 H. George Progress & Poverty ii. ii. 111 They lived on the potato, because rack-rents stripped every thing else from them.

1908 S. J. Weyman Wild Geese iv. 48 One of those who, taking a long lease of a great estate and under-letting at rack rents, made..huge fortunes.

1935 Times 18 Dec. (advt) 26/4 To be let: excellent for professional man; 9 bedrooms..low rack-rent.

1954 Times 12 Mar. 4/3 An ‘owner’ was defined by section 33 of the Act as meaning the person for the time being receiving the rackrent of the premises, whether on his own account or as agent or trustee for any other person.

1976 S. R. Simpson Land Law & Registration iii. 32 The consideration for it is normally a ‘rack-rent’, which is rent fixed by reference to the full annual value of the site and the premises on it; it no longer means an excessive or ‘stretched’ rent, which is how it originally got its name.

1988 P. O'Brian Let. of Marque viii. 222 Men and women from the outlying cottages, who seemed to have forgotten ill-treatment, rack-rent, and the oppressive enclosure of Woolhampton Common.

1994 C. D. Adams Urban Planning & Devel. Process i. ii. 15 The tenant could therefore sublet the premises at the rack rent, while continuing to pay only the passing rent to the head landlord, thus making a profit on the difference.

2001 J. Hickey in M. Hickey Irish Days (2004) 43 If they didn't pay their rents, which were rack rents, really, he would evict them.

Compounds

attributive.

ΚΠ

1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 4 Dec. 1775 The rack-rent Gentlemen of landed property.

1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 17/1 Every year growing worse than the last in this rack-rent country.

1890 Manitoba Daily Free Press 10 Nov. 1/6 The good effects are likely to be lost in the renewed bitterness of feeling always aroused by the up housing of hundreds of helpless victims of the rackrent system.

1904 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 67 604 The disturbing influence of the change from beneficial lease to rack rent tenancies.

1937 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 8 396 Rents are on a market, or ‘rackrent’ basis.

1993 Accountancy Oct. 88/1 The traditional institutional lease in the 1980s was a 25-year, rack-rent lease.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rack rent
释义	rack rentn. Brit. /ˈrak rɛnt/, U.S. /ˈræk ˌrɛnt/ Forms: see rack v.¹ and rent n.¹ Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rack v.¹, rent n.¹; rack n.³, rent n.¹ Etymology: Probably partly < rack v.¹ + rent n.¹, and partly < rack n.³ + rent n.¹ (compare rack n.³ 3). A very high, excessive, or extortionate rent; spec. a rent equal (or nearly equal) to the annual value of the land; frequently at (the) rack rent. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. In modern non-pejorative use also: (English Law) a rent of at least two thirds of the annual value of the property; a full market-value rent. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [noun] > instance of shavery1549 rack rent1605 shave1834 touch1896 shakedown1902 hold-up1908 milking1936 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [noun] > excessive rack1524 rack rent1605 1605 [implied in: J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iii. 113 The needie, hard-racke-rented Hinde. (at rack-rented adj. 1)]. 1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue v. 80 An obseruing and painefull husband..thriueth as well upon his farme of rack rent, as many..Freeholders. 1608 T. Middleton Familie of Love (new ed.) i. sig. A3 ^v Lip... Nil muliere leuius. Gug. Tut man euery one knowes their woorth, when they are at a rack rent. 1687 E. Clarke Let. 28 Jan. in J. Locke & E. Clarke Corr. (1927) 189 In case you settle on Mr Stratton's two children..for their lives your estate in fee that is now let at rack-rent, it ought to be taken very kindly by him. 1702 Ld. Fitzwilliam Let. 3 Jan. in Ld. Fitzwilliam & F. Guybon Corr. (1990) 97 I thinke of makeing a farme of them and lett them out to some sufficient man at the racke rent by lease. 1723 J. Swift Some Arguments against Power of Bishops 19 Have many poor Families been Ruined by Rack Rents pay'd for the Lands of the Church? 1768 Woman of Honor II. 178 Subjecting to the rack-rent of avarice and insolence that country of theirs. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. ii. v. 184 One third to the cultivator, and two thirds to the proprietor, would be accounted a rackrent in England. 1833 B. Sayer Attempt to show Justice Income Tax ii. 144 The Annual value is to be understood to be the rack rent, at which Lands have been let, if the commencement of the letting be within seven years. 1875 Public Health Act 38 & 39 Vict. c.55 s.4 ‘Rackrent’ means rent which is not less than two thirds of the full net annual value of the property out of which the rent arises; and the full net annual value shall be taken to be the rent at which the property might reasonably be expected to let from year to year. 1879 H. George Progress & Poverty ii. ii. 111 They lived on the potato, because rack-rents stripped every thing else from them. 1908 S. J. Weyman Wild Geese iv. 48 One of those who, taking a long lease of a great estate and under-letting at rack rents, made..huge fortunes. 1935 Times 18 Dec. (advt) 26/4 To be let: excellent for professional man; 9 bedrooms..low rack-rent. 1954 Times 12 Mar. 4/3 An ‘owner’ was defined by section 33 of the Act as meaning the person for the time being receiving the rackrent of the premises, whether on his own account or as agent or trustee for any other person. 1976 S. R. Simpson Land Law & Registration iii. 32 The consideration for it is normally a ‘rack-rent’, which is rent fixed by reference to the full annual value of the site and the premises on it; it no longer means an excessive or ‘stretched’ rent, which is how it originally got its name. 1988 P. O'Brian Let. of Marque viii. 222 Men and women from the outlying cottages, who seemed to have forgotten ill-treatment, rack-rent, and the oppressive enclosure of Woolhampton Common. 1994 C. D. Adams Urban Planning & Devel. Process i. ii. 15 The tenant could therefore sublet the premises at the rack rent, while continuing to pay only the passing rent to the head landlord, thus making a profit on the difference. 2001 J. Hickey in M. Hickey Irish Days (2004) 43 If they didn't pay their rents, which were rack rents, really, he would evict them. Compounds attributive. ΚΠ 1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 4 Dec. 1775 The rack-rent Gentlemen of landed property. 1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 17/1 Every year growing worse than the last in this rack-rent country. 1890 Manitoba Daily Free Press 10 Nov. 1/6 The good effects are likely to be lost in the renewed bitterness of feeling always aroused by the up housing of hundreds of helpless victims of the rackrent system. 1904 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 67 604 The disturbing influence of the change from beneficial lease to rack rent tenancies. 1937 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 8 396 Rents are on a market, or ‘rackrent’ basis. 1993 Accountancy Oct. 88/1 The traditional institutional lease in the 1980s was a 25-year, rack-rent lease. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1605
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