Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rent strike

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables: ren-t strike
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Example Sentences

"Detroit Union Plans Rent Strike if Apartment Owners Get 5 Percent Increases."
"A rent strike for the last year by tenants of the Ansonia Hotel, at Broadway and 73d Street, was settled. . . . Tenants complained about incoveniences arising from the new owners' attempts to renovate."
"Angry publicans are planning a rent strike against landlords Punch Taverns and Enterprise Inns after last week's Office of Fair Trading ruling that the beer tie between tenants and pub companies was not anti-competitive."

Inflected Forms

rent strikes (plural)

Questions

What does rent strike mean?: 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.

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