quitrent

See also: quit-rent and quit rent

English

Alternative forms

quit rent, quit-rent

Etymology

Compound of quit +‎ rent.

Noun

quitrent (plural quitrents)

(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)

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