quitrent
rent paid by a freeholder or copyholder in lieu of services that might otherwise have been required.
Origin of quitrent
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How to use quitrent in a sentence
It is particularly the case where the cottages are the property of the labourer himself, and are held at a low quit-rent.
The Hills and the Vale | Richard JefferiesUnder the system of the quit-rent the tenant still had complete control of his land although he did not own it.
The Stronghold | Miriam HaynieThe phrase was afterwards applied to any holding of which the quit-rent was merely nominal, such as a penny, a peppercorn, &c.
The government held that private titles were invalid, unless confirmed by the Crown on the payment of a quit rent.
A Memoir of Sir Edmund Andros, Knt., | William Henry WhitmoreA tenant at a quit rent is, to all intents and purposes, a proprietor; a copyholder is not less so than a freeholder.
Present Irish Questions | William O'Connor Morris
British Dictionary definitions for quitrent
/ (ˈkwɪtˌrɛnt) /
(formerly) a rent payable by a freeholder or copyholder to his lord that released him from liability to perform services
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