rent-roll

or rent roll

[ rent-rohl ]

/ ˈrɛntˌroʊl /

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noun

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

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Origin of rent-roll

First recorded in 1525–35

Words nearby rent-roll

renter, rent-free, rentier, Renton, rent party, rent-roll, rent seck, rent-seeking, rent-stabilized, rent strike, rent table

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How to use rent-roll in a sentence

It is therefore of no consequence as to the shade of fashion and the amount of the rent-roll.
The Art of Entertaining|M. E. W. Sherwood
His care was not so much to inflate the rent-roll as to get in all the ready-money he could.
The Weird Sisters, Volume I (of 3)|Richard Dowling
A man by the very look of him promises so much:' yes; and by the rent-roll of him does he promise nothing?
Past and Present|Thomas Carlyle
This is shown by a comparison of the number of plantations listed in the rent roll of 1704 with the estimated number of workers.
The Planters of Colonial Virginia|Thomas J. Wertenbaker

But a peer of the realm, and one whose rent-roll is sixty thousand per annum, does not go to ruin in a day.
East Lynne|Mrs. Henry Wood

British Dictionary definitions for rent-roll

rent-roll

noun

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

the total income arising from rented property

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