quitrent
[ kwit-rent ]
/ ˈkwɪtˌrɛnt /
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noun
rent paid by a freeholder or copyholder in lieu of services that might otherwise have been required.
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How to use quitrent in a sentence
The amount of the quitrent in the Northern Neck was the same as elsewhere in Virginia—two shillings annually for 100 acres.
Mother Earth|W. Stitt Robinson, Jr.I am exceedingly anxious to learn the fate of the quitrent bill.
History of Prince Edward Island|Duncan CampbellOn other estates the serfs' compulsory labor was commuted for a quitrent.
War and Peace|Leo Tolstoy
British Dictionary definitions for quitrent
quitrent
/ (ˈkwɪtˌrɛnt) /
noun
(formerly) a rent payable by a freeholder or copyholder to his lord that released him from liability to perform services
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