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▪ I. ˈrentless, a.1 [f. rent n.1 + -less.] a. Producing no († interest or) rent. b. Rent-free.
1648Hexham, Rentloos geldt,..Rentlesse money that lies still. 1850Blackie æschylus II. 141 A double lodgment for our use, One from the state, the other from the king, Rentless we hold. 1893Duke of Argyll Unseen Found. Soc. x. 303 There can..be, therefore, no such thing as rentless land which is at the same time cultivated. ▪ II. ˈrentless, a.2 rare. [f. rent n.2 + -less.] Without rents, untorn.
1628Gaule Pract. The. (1629) 228 One shall succeed him, not in a Rentlesse onely, but in a Seamelesse Coat. 1881Nichol Death Themistocles, etc. 197, I saw the rentless banner wave. |