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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
rack-rent
 
PRONUNCIATION:rkrnt
NOUN: Exorbitant rent.
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: rack-·rent·ed, rack-·rent·ing, rack-·rents
To exact exorbitant rent for or from.
ETYMOLOGY:From rack1.
OTHER FORMS:rack-renter —NOUN
 
 
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