quitrent

See also: quit-rent and quit rent

English

Alternative forms

• quit rent, quit-rent

Etymology

Compound of quit +‎ rent.

Noun

quitrent (plural quitrents)

1. (law, taxation) A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit (absolved) from other service.

Related terms

• quitrental
• quitrenter

Translations

a rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit (absolved) from other service

• Armenian: բահրա (hy) (bahra)
• Russian: обро́к (ru) (obrók)