quitrent
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of quitrent
late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; quit 1, rent 1
Example Sentences
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Those who brought in new settlers got headrights of land and could purchase more, but owed an annual quitrent in return.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
Well-connected settlers could receive even larger grants, or purchase land for low prices and an annual fee, or quitrent.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
They granted headrights to settlers and sold much larger tracts of land to developers and speculators, subject to an annual quitrent.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
He advertised for colonists, and began selling land at 100 pounds for five thousand acres and annually thereafter a shilling quitrent for every hundred acres.
From The Quaker Colonies, a chronicle of the proprietors of the Delaware by Sydney George Fisher
The impression was therefore prevalent that no further quitrent would be demanded, more especially as payment was not exacted in the neighboring provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
From History of Prince Edward Island by Duncan Campbell
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