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词汇 white rent
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Definition of white rent in English:

white rent

noun
historical
  • Quit-rent; specifically (in Devon and Cornwall) a rent or duty of eight pence a year payable by every tin miner to the Duke of Cornwall.

Origin

Mid 16th century; earliest use found in All Statutes Stannary. Probably a variant of quit-rent, with reanalysis of the first element as white.

Definition of white rent in US English:

white rent

noun
historical
  • Quit-rent; specifically (in Devon and Cornwall) a rent or duty of eight pence a year payable by every tin miner to the Duke of Cornwall.

Origin

Mid 16th century; earliest use found in All Statutes Stannary. Probably a variant of quit-rent, with reanalysis of the first element as white.

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