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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Rack-rent

/(răk"rĕnt`)/ · Rack·-rent · IPA
01 n. A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it; an excessive or unreasonably high rent.
  1. 1.
    A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it; an excessive or unreasonably high rent.
02 v. t. To subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant.
  1. 1.
    To subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant.