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Etymology[edit]
Compound of quit + rent.
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.
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Translations[edit]
a rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit (absolved) from other service