Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Rackrent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rack-rent \Rack"-rent`\, n.
A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it;
an excessive or unreasonably high rent. --Blackstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rack-rent \Rack"-rent`\, v. t.
To subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant.
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