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noun
a temporary, organized refusal by tenants, as of an apartment building, to pay their rent, as in protest over inadequate services.
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Origin of rent strike
First recorded in 1960–65
Words nearby rent strike
rent party, rent-roll, rent seck, rent-seeking, rent-stabilized, rent strike, rent table, renunciate, renunciation, renversé, renvoi
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