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▪ I. ˈover-ˌrent, n.
[over- 19, 29 d.]
A higher or extra rent.
1546Yorks. Chantry Surv. (Surtees) 341 For a rent, called over rent, xd. 1754in Picton L'pool Rec. (1886) II. 166 Persons who..after they quitt sitting in them..do take upon them to sett the said seats for an over-rent to themselves.
▪ II. ˌover-ˈrent, v.
[over- 27.]
trans. To rent (land, etc.) too highly; to charge (a tenant) too high a rent. Hence ˈover-ˈrented ppl. a.
1589Warner Alb. Eng. v. xxii. 99 The Lords and Landed ouer-rent,..The Parasite doth ouer-reach. 1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. ii. 293 We were ready (being thus over-rented) to perish for want of food. 1770Massie Reas. agst. Tax on Malt 4 Unless he hath over-rented his Land. 1846McCulloch Acc. Brit. Empire (1854) I. 393 The occupier of any over-rented patch..never fails to get a considerable sum for the ‘tenant's right’. 1886Manch. Exam. 18 Jan. 5/6 The farmers..are overrented to an extent quite incompatible with the reduced profits of farming. |