rent-roll
Americannoun
noun
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a register of lands and buildings owned by a person, company, etc, showing the rent due and total amount received from each tenant
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the total income arising from rented property
Etymology
Origin of rent-roll
First recorded in 1525–35
Example Sentences
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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 Hocking, Silas K(itto)
It was whispered abroad that, under careful nursing, certain incumbrances had been paid off, and that the rent-roll was now something extremely heavy even for England, the land of long rent-rolls.
From World's End A Story in Three Books by Jefferies, Richard
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 Grand, Sarah
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 Bell, Edward Allen
For he saw now that there were other things to be garnered--Garth, its broad acres, its fine rent-roll, the old man's savings, Josina.
From Ovington's Bank by Weyman, Stanley J.
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