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rack rent en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, formal, uncountable) The full rental value of a property, including both land and improvements, if it were subject to an immediate open market rent review.
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(countable, historical, informal, uncountable) An excessive rent.
Number 10 was a prosperous-looking young Italian, Signor Tomelli, who possibly had plenty of money from rackrents in Milan and would probably play a dashing and foolish game. He might lose his temper and make a scene.
1953, Ian Fleming, “The High Table”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 73:
Forms
Deriveds
rack-renter