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quitrent
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Quitrent \Quit"rent`\ (kw[i^]t"r[e^]nt`), n. [Quit, a. + rent.]
(Law)
A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which
the tenant is quit from other service. --Blackstone.
[1913 Webster]
Note: In some of the United States a fee-farm rent is so
termed. --Burrill.
[1913 Webster]
