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quitrent

(kwit′rent′)

noun

a rent paid in lieu of required feudal services

also written quit-rent

See quitrent in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A rent paid by a freeman in lieu of the services required by feudal custom.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English quiterent

Origin: : quite, free; see quite

Origin: + rent, rent; see rent ¹

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