Pepper-Corn
From LoveToKnow 1911
PEPPER-CORN, the fruit or seed of the pepper plant; hence anything very small or insignificant. Pepper-corn rent is a merely nominal rent, reserved for the purpose of having the tenancy acknowledged by the tenant. Building leases frequently reserve a pepper-corn as rent for the first few years. See Rent.
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