dry rent

noun

A rent reserved by deed, without a clause of distress.

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Meanings

noundry rent (plural dry rents)

plural dry rents

  1. UKlawA rent reserved by deed, without a clause of distress.

    Rent-Seek, or dry Rent, is where a Man passeth his Estate to another, and reserves to him and his Heirs a certain Rent

    1722, Gilles Jacob, A New Law Dictionary
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APA

dry rent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dry%20rent

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“dry rent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dry%20rent. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dry rent,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dry%20rent.

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