rack-rent

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [rak rent]
- /ræk rɛnt/
- /ræk rent/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [rak rent]
- /ræk rɛnt/

Definitions of rack-rent word

noun rack-rent Also, rack rent. rent equal to or nearly equal to the full annual value of a property. 1
verb with object rack-rent to exact the highest possible rent for. 1
verb with object rack-rent to demand rack-rent from. 1
noun rack-rent a high rent that annually equals or nearly equals the value of the property upon which it is charged 0
noun rack-rent any extortionate rent 0
verb rack-rent to charge an extortionate rent for (property, land, etc) 0

See all 8 definitions of rack-rent

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Origin of rack-rent

First appearance:

before 1600

One of the 39% oldest English words

First recorded in 1600-10

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Parts of speech for Rack-rent

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Rack-rent

rack-rent popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 50% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.