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单词 rent-racked
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rent-rackedadj.

Brit. /ˈrɛntˌrakt/, U.S. /ˈrɛntˌrækt/
Forms: see rent n.1 and racked adj.2
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rent n.1, racked adj.2
Etymology: < rent n.1 + racked adj.2, probably after rent-racker n. Compare slightly earlier rent-rack v., rent-racking n., and rent-racking adj. Compare also earlier rack-rented adj.
Subjected to the payment of a very high or extortionate rent.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [adjective] > raised to excess > paying excessive rent
rent-rackeda1640
a1640 P. Massinger Guardian ii. iv. 109 in 3 New Playes (1655) The Rent-rack'd Farmer, needy Market folks,..are priviledg'd.
1788 E. Hudson Ode St Cecilia's Birthday xxii. 20 Sloth numbs the rent-rack'd hind.
1834 J. Galt Lit. Life & Misc. II. 265 Nor fenced woodland, nor the sunny lawn..Were there, nor hovel of the rent-rack'd hind.
1944 Sci. Monthly 59 164/2 The tax burdened, rent racked, and bandit ridden ‘share croppers’ of India and China.
2002 Time Out (Nexis) 23 Oct. 172 Christian and Jewish Scousers struggling to live in rent-racked Notting Hill in the 1960s make a strange cast indeed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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