white rent

noun

Rent paid in silver.

Meanings

nounwhite rent (countable and uncountable, plural white rents)

plural white rents

  1. countablehistoricaluncountableRent paid in silver.
  2. countablehistoricaluncountableA poll tax of eightpence paid by tinners to the Duke of Cornwall.
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