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A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it; an excessive or unreasonably high rent.

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  1. n. A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it; an excessive or unreasonably high rent.
  2. v. t. To subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant.
  3. A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it; an excessive or unreasonably high rent. Blackstone. To subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant.
  4. A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it; anexcessive or unreasonably high rent. Blackstone.
  5. n. A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it; an excessive or unreasonably high rent. v. t. To subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant.