"dry rent" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dry rents [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dry rent (plural dry rents)
  1. (UK, law) A rent reserved by deed, without a clause of distress. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-dry_rent-en-noun-cdHHzcpz Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: law

Inflected forms

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