† rent-rackv.

Forms: 1600s rent-racke.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rent n.¹, rack v.¹

Etymology: < rent n.¹ + rack v.¹, probably after rent-racker n. Compare slightly earlier rent-racking n., rent-racking adj., and slightly later rent-racked adj. Compare also later rack-rent v.

Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To subject (a person) to the payment of a very high or extortionate rent; = rack-rent v.

ΘΚΠ

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

1623 R. Carpenter Conscionable Christian 114 Take not hence liberty, as some doe, to pay no debts, to put money to Vsury, to rent-racke thy Tenants.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	rent-rack
释义	† rent-rackv. Forms: 1600s rent-racke. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rent n.¹, rack v.¹ Etymology: < rent n.¹ + rack v.¹, probably after rent-racker n. Compare slightly earlier rent-racking n., rent-racking adj., and slightly later rent-racked adj. Compare also later rack-rent v. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To subject (a person) to the payment of a very high or extortionate rent; = rack-rent v. ΘΚΠ 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 1623 R. Carpenter Conscionable Christian 114 Take not hence liberty, as some doe, to pay no debts, to put money to Vsury, to rent-racke thy Tenants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.1623
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