单词 | prairie rent |
释义 | > as lemmasprairie rent prairie rent n. now historical rent payable for prairie land, based on the value of the land in its original uncultivated state; cf. prairie value n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > [noun] > value of land or property rack-rental1781 site value1865 land-value1880 prairie value1881 prairie rent1882 plottage1910 1882 Times 2 May 6/7 The question of ‘prairie rent’..is probably more dangerous than the candid policy of ‘no rent’. 1895 M. Davitt in Westm. Gaz. 25 Mar. 3/3 The annual value of such land, in its original or pre-reclaimed condition, would be its ‘prairie rent’. 1988 Canad. Jrnl. Econ. 21 844 These arguments and the number presented above suggest that actual 1901 prairie rent was indeed lower than the numbers currently used. < as lemmas |
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