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rentcharge

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An annual sum or periodic payment charged on certain freehold properties or payable out of the income of those properties and expressly giving to the rentcharger, who has no reversionary interest in the property, the right of distress for arrears.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: law, property

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History

Etymology

From rent + charge.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: censal — periodic payment
  • Dutch: erfelijke rente — periodic payment
  • Dutch: erfrente — periodic payment
  • French: rente constituée — periodic payment
  • French: rente à prix d’argent — periodic payment
  • German: Rentenschuld — periodic payment
  • Italian: rendita costituita — periodic payment
  • Portuguese: renda constituída — periodic payment
  • Spanish: censo consignativo — periodic payment
  • Welsh: rhent-dâl — periodic payment