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rent table

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noun

English Furniture.

a drum table of the 18th century, having six drawers and originally used by landlords to keep rent money and papers pertaining to their estates.

Etymology

Origin of rent table

First recorded in 1925–30

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It also comes low on the rent table, having an index number little more than half that of Berlin.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various

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