English Explanatory Dictionary

rent seck

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A right to receive rent where the tenant's goods cannot be seized as security for the payment of rent.

Word forms

rent seck rents seck

Etymology

From late Middle English rent sek, from Anglo-Norman rente sec; sec rente (literally “dry rent”), ultimately from Latin siccus. Compare Middle English secce (“dry”).

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