rentagen.
/ˈrɛntɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈrɛn(t)ɪdʒ/ Rent, rental charge; renting. Also: something which is rented.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [noun]
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > leasehold land or tenement
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1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island vii. ii. 85 All our good we hold from heav'n by lease,..Nor can we pay the fine and rentage due.
1790 W. Combe Devil upon Two Sticks III. xi. 97 The builder and the parson share the rentage of the pews between them.
1846 Times 7 May 5/3 If we could have some ground after the rate of the farmers' rentage, it would make a considerable difference to us.
1888 Universal Rev. Nov. 348 To bring the fact of the rentage of the unfruitful land into harmony with their doctrines.
1892 Field 16 July 104/1 The Society's rentage of the Ver lies a few miles south-west of St. Albans.
1910 Westm. Gaz. 4 Apr. 5/3 An imposing square block of workshops and living-rooms has been erected, and at a rentage below that usually charged for damp, dark, and unhealthy quarters.
1952 A. Tutuola Palm-wine Drinkard (1953) 20 He was paying them the rentage money.
1994 Jrnl. Anthropol. Res. 50 324 If women were awarded reserve power to prevent the sale or rentage of land..women's problems with access to land would become a thing of the past.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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