chief rentsglossary / CHIEF RENTS chief rents. Hist. A small, fixed, annual rent payable to the lord by a freeholder of a manor; annual quit rent. • Chief rents were abolished in 1922. See QUIT RENT. 词条贡献者 译者Terence,毕业于国内顶尖法学院,擅长翻译各种与复杂结构性融资相关的法律文件。