quitrent
/ˈkwɪtˌrɛnt/
noun
- A fixed rent paid by a tenant to a landlord, which frees the tenant from other obligations or services.
- In medieval times, peasants often paid quitrent to their lord instead of working the land.
- The old lease required a small quitrent to be paid annually to the estate.
- Historians study quitrent records to understand land ownership in colonial America.
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