a taking or receiving, as of the rents or profits of an estate.
Origin: 1635–45; alter. of AF pernance, metathetic var. of OF prenance lit., a taking, equiv. to pren-, pretonic s. of prendre to take (< L pre(he)ndere;see apprehend) + -ance-ance; see -ancy
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