An engagement or agreement in writing. The counterpart of a revenue lease; a written agreement signifying assent, the document in which the payer of revenue, whether to the government, the zamindar, or the farmer expresses his consent to pay the amount assessed upon his land. [Wilson’s glossary]

A rent note executed by tenant in favour of the landlord; a counter part of patta by landlord to the tenant. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary]