rent-roll

American  

[rent-rohl] / ˈrɛntˌroʊl /

Or rent roll

noun

1. an account or schedule of rents, the amount due from each tenant, and the total received.

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rent-roll British  

noun

1. a register of lands and buildings owned by a person, company, etc, showing the rent due and total amount received from each tenant

2. the total income arising from rented property

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Etymology

Origin of rent-roll

First recorded in 1525–35

Example Sentences

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rent-roll

He had a handsome rent-roll, quite sufficient for his legitimate wants; and if things improved, he might be able to raise rents all round.

From The Squire's Daughter by Silas K(itto) Hocking

Uncle James Patten doled out a five-pound-note to Beth by way of a wedding present from the long rent-roll her mother should have inherited.

From The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius by Sarah Grand

He found his master in possession of a considerable rent-roll in various parts of the country, the manors being situate in the counties of Worcester, Gloucester, Oxford, Surrey, Buckingham, and Middlesex.

From William de Colchester Abbot of Westminster by Ernest Harold Pearce

The first year gave them a new rent-roll of £40, the second year saw this sum doubled.

From A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 by Edward Allen Bell

The Earl of Fitzkillingham, with a rent-roll of fifty thousand a year, has no need to do; he has only to be.

From The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius by Sarah Grand