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PEPPERCORN RENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does peppercorn rent mean?
• PEPPERCORN RENT (noun)
The noun PEPPERCORN RENT has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: PEPPERCORN RENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very low or nominal rent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("peppercorn rent" is a kind of...):
rent (a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
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