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单词 high-rent
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high-rent
high-rent adj. (a) (of a property) let at a high rent; (b) (of an area, neighbourhood, etc.) characterized by high rents, expensive to live in; (in extended use) affluent, exclusive.In quot. 1883 with reference to the renting of water privileges.
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1883 F. A. Walker Polit. Econ. iv. ii. 226 Above these, are found low-rent privileges and high-rent privileges, the measure of rent being the degree of productiveness.
1891 G. Gunton Princ. Social Econ. iii. iv. 234 The migratory movement of the laborers..is constantly from low-rent countries to high-rent countries, from the rural districts where the rent is low to the cities where rent is high.
1915 Evening World (N.Y.) 2 Mar. 3/4 They select a high rent apartment, and then the next step is to fill it with magnificent furniture.
1973 Billboard 13 Jan. 20/3 In the high rent districts, where kids get a $15 or $20 allowance, they..may buy LP's that they really don't want or need.
1996 H. Romo Latino High School Graduation (1997) viii. 178 The family moved into a small, high-rent, two-bedroom house in a predominantly Black neighborhood.
2009 D. Sax Save Deli (2010) vii. 103 Both were risky ventures in newly gentrified, high-rent neighborhoods.
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