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121Rack-renter — Rack rent er (r[a^]k r[e^]nt [ e]r), n. 1. One who is subjected to paying rack rent. [1913 Webster] 2. One who exacts rack rent. [1913 Webster] …
122rack rent — A rent which is kept to an open market level during the period of a lease by rent reviews at regular intervals, usually three or five years. This usually means that the tenant obtains little inherent value in the lease because the rent does not… …
123rack rate — ➔ rate1 * * * rack rate UK US noun [C] COMMERCE ► the normal price for a hotel room, before any reductions are made: »If you try, it s very easy to avoid paying the full rack rate for a room …
124rack and manger — 1. Wasteful abundance (esp in the phrase live at rack and manger) 2. Waste and destruction (perh from confusion with rack and ruin) • • • Main Entry: ↑rack …
125rack your brain/brains — see ↑rack, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑brain rack your brain/brains : to think very hard in order to try to remember something, solve a problem, etc. I ve been racking my brain, but I can t remember his name. • • • Main Entry: ↑ …
126Rack vintage — Rack Rack, v. t. [Cf. OF. vin raqu[ e] wine squeezed from the dregs of the grapes.] To draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine. [1913 Webster] It is in common practice to draw wine or beer from the lees (which we call racking), whereby it… …
127Rack-rent — v. t. To subject to rack rent, as a farm or tenant. [1913 Webster] …
128RACK protein — RACK is an acronym for Receptor for Activated C Kinase and is responsible for the binding of active forms of the protein kinase C (PKC) family of enzymes. See also RICK, Receptor for Inactive C Kinase.There are different RACKs for different… …
