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单词 over-rent
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over-rentn.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, rent n.1
Etymology: < over- prefix + rent n.1
Obsolete. rare.
A higher or extra rent; a rent made by subletting something.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [noun] > higher or extra
over-rent1546
1546 in W. Page Certificates Chantries County of York (1895) II. 341 For a rent, called over rent, xd.
1754 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. 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.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

over-rentv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈrɛnt/, U.S. /ˌoʊvə(r)ˈrɛnt/
Forms: see over- prefix and rent v.2
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, rent v.2
Etymology: < over- prefix + rent v.2 Compare earlier over-rent n.
transitive. To let or lease (land, etc.) at too high a rent; to charge (a tenant) too high a rent. Also (occasionally) intransitive.
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society > trade and finance > selling > hiring or letting out > hire or rent out [verb (transitive)] > above true or full value
over-rent1586
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [verb (transitive)] > charge (one) rent > excessive
over-rent1586
rent-rack1623
rack-rent1745
1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. iv. xxii. 99 The Lords and Landed ouer-rent,..The Parrasite doth ouer-reach.
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 293 We were ready (being thus ouer-rented) to perish for want of food.
1770 J. Massie Reas. against Tax on Malt 4 Unless he hath over-rented his Land.
1875 E. Young Labor in Europe & Amer. 390 The real truth is, that nearly every farm in England is greatly overrented.
1886 Manch. Examiner 18 Jan. 5/6 The farmers..are overrented to an extent quite incompatible with the reduced profits of farming.
1910 Econ. Jrnl. 20 243 When farmers are thus over-rented ‘a remission of rates will be of all the greater advantage to the tenant’.
1979 Econ. Hist. Rev. 32 20 Bribery to over-rent would make little sense: if the finance minister was dismissed, his successor would not feel obliged by his secret undertakings.

Derivatives

ˌover-ˈrented adj. let at too high a rent.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [adjective] > under- or over-rented
under-rented1801
over-rented1839
low-rent1883
1839 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire (ed. 2) I. i. iii. 395 The occupier of any overrented [1847 over-rented] patch..never fails to get a considerable sum for the ‘tenant's right’.
2002 Making Property Work (Land Securities PLC) Mar. (Gloss.) Over-rented, space that is let at a rent above its ERV.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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