rack rent
noun2
Historical, Informal An excessive rent.
- Number 10 was a prosperous-looking young Italian, Signor Tomelli, who possibly had plenty of money from rackrents in Milan and would probably play a dashing and foolish game. He might lose his temper and make a scene.1953, Ian Fleming, “The High Table”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 73:
- Derived terms
- rack-renter