Quitrent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A rent paid by a freeman in lieu of the services required by feudal custom.
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  • n. A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit (absolved) from other service.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit from other service.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Rent paid by the freeholders and copyholders of a manor in discharge or acquittance of other services. Also called chief-rent.
    • Word Usage
    "A farm, free for five years, was offered to any one "having a good musket... and six months' provisions," who should embark with the governor, while those who came later were to pay a half-penny an acre quitrent."
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    above-quoted    unrepresentable    imprescriptible    officeholders    dedicator    Pindaric    fee simple    price!!    unaccommodating    dystopian   
     
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