| 单词 | chief-rent |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschief-rent chief-rent n. a rent paid under a tenure in chief; now = quit-rent. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [noun] > other rents tunc1311 Martin rentc1325 land-male1390 fee-farm1399 chief-rent1523 chief1601 guild-rent1670 quit-rent1796 tack-duty1809 fore-rent1813 sub-rent1820 retainer1970 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng x. f. 11 The lorde may haue a fre holder that holdeth his lande of hym, & payeth hym chefe rentes and other seruyce. 1617 J. Moore Mappe Mans Mortal. iii. v. 209 Forgetting his homage to God, and chiefe-rent of obedience. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 42 Those of the freeholders are frequently called chief rents..and both sorts are denominated quit rents..because thereby the tenant goes quit and free of all other services. < as lemmas |
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