"rent strike" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rent strikes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rent strike (plural rent strikes)
  1. A form of social or economic protest in which tenants who rent housing, commercial space, or other property act as a group to refuse to pay their rent until the landlord makes demanded improvements to the property or to the terms of the rental contracts. Wikipedia link: rent strike
    Sense id: en-rent_strike-en-noun-0c6wyf7P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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