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/kwit"rent'/, n.rent paid by a freeholder or copyholder in lieu of services that might otherwise have been required.[1425-75; late ME; see QUIT1, RENT1]
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Quitrent — Quit rent (kw[i^]t r[e^]nt ), n. [Quit, a. + rent.] (Law) A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit from other service. Blackstone. [1913 Webster] Note: In some of the United States a fee farm rent is so termed … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
quitrent — [kwit′rent΄] n. a rent paid in lieu of required feudal services: also written quit rent … English World dictionary
quitrent — noun Date: 15th century a fixed rent payable to a feudal superior in commutation of services; specifically a fixed rent due from a socage tenant … New Collegiate Dictionary
quitrent — noun A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit (absolved) from other service … Wiktionary
quitrent — n. fee paid by a property owner in lieu of otherwise required services … English contemporary dictionary
quitrent — quit·rent … English syllables
quitrent — n. small nominal rent commuting feudal services … Dictionary of difficult words
quitrent — ˈkwit.ˌrent noun Etymology: Middle English quiterent, from quite, quit free + rent : a fixed rent usually small in amount and payable by a freeholder or copyholder to his feudal superior in commutation of services; specifically : a fixed rent due … Useful english dictionary
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