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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:

1. very low or nominal rentplay

  Familiarity information: PEPPERCORN RENT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PEPPERCORN RENT (noun)


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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