1643 E. Calamy 2 It [sc. Thanks-giving] is the only rent penny which God requires for all the blessings hee bestowes upon us.
a1696 P. Henry in M. Henry Life x, in M. Henry (1853) II. 737/1 Praise is our rent-penny, which we pay to our great Landlord.
2000 59 260 At the same time, the ‘rent-penny’—a three percent tax on rents collected for the use of buildings—was reduced to 1.5 percent.