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rack-rent definition

rack·-rent (rak′rent′)

noun

an excessively high rent; esp., a rent whose annual amount is equal, or almost equal, to the value of the property

Etymology: rack, + rent

transitive verb

to exact rack-rent from

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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