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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Great Britain, a rent paid in corn instead of money, varying in amount according to the fluctuations of the price of corn.
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Bills were also passed for commuting tithes into a corn-rent charge payable in money, and for a general registry of births, deaths, and marriages.
Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 Moses Montefiore 1834
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