quitrent

[kwit-rent]

quit·rent

[kwit-rent]
noun
rent paid by a freeholder or copyholder in lieu of services that might otherwise have been required.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English; see quit1, rent1
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Quitrent is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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quitrent (ˈkwɪtˌrɛnt)
 
n
(formerly) a rent payable by a freeholder or copyholder to his lord that released him from liability to perform services

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