单词 | rent-rack |
释义 | † rent-rackv. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To subject (a person) to the payment of a very high or extortionate rent; = rack-rent v. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [verb (transitive)] > charge (one) rent > excessive over-rent1586 rent-rack1623 rack-rent1745 1623 R. Carpenter Conscionable Christian 114 Take not hence liberty, as some doe, to pay no debts, to put money to Vsury, to rent-racke thy Tenants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.1623 |
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