单词 | white rent |
释义 | white rentnow historical noun = quit-rent; specifically (in Devon and Cornwall) a rent or duty of eight pence a year payable by every tin miner to the Duke of Cornwall.
OriginMid 16th century; earliest use found in All Statutes Stannary. Probably a variant of quit-rent, with reanalysis of the first element as white. |
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