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.

ΘΚΠ

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).

单词	rent-racked
释义	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. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.a1640
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