rent

[ rent ]

/ rɛnt /

noun

a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.

a payment or series of payments made by a lessee to an owner in return for the use of machinery, equipment, etc.

Economics. the excess of the produce or return yielded by a given piece of cultivated land over the cost of production; the yield from a piece of land or real estate.

profit or return derived from any differential advantage in production.

Obsolete. revenue or income.

verb (used with object)

to grant the possession and enjoyment of (property, machinery, etc.) in return for the payment of rent from the tenant or lessee. (often followed by out).

to take and hold (property, machinery, etc.) in return for the payment of rent to the landlord or owner.

verb (used without object)

to be leased or let for rent: This apartment rents cheaply.

to lease or let property.

to take possession of and use property by paying rent: She rents from a friend.

Idioms for rent

for rent, available to be rented, as a home or store: an apartment for rent.

Origin of rent

1125–75; (noun) Middle English rente < Old French < Vulgar Latin *rendita, feminine past participle of *rendere (see render¹); (v.) Middle English renten < Old French renter, derivative of rente

SYNONYMS FOR rent

7 lease, let. See hire.

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OTHER WORDS FROM rent

rent·a·bil·i·ty, noun rent·a·ble, adjective un·rent·a·ble, adjective

Words nearby rent

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Definition for rent (2 of 3)

rent ²

[ rent ]

/ rɛnt /

noun

an opening made by rending or tearing; slit; fissure.

a breach of relations or union between individuals or groups; schism.

verb

simple past tense and past participle of rend.

Origin of rent

1325–75 for v. sense; 1525–35 for def 1; Middle English; see rend

SYNONYMS FOR rent

1 tear, split, rift, cleft, rip, rupture, fracture.

2 division, separation.

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Definition for rent (3 of 3)

rend

[ rend ]

/ rɛnd /

verb (used with object), rent, rend·ing.

to separate into parts with force or violence: The storm rent the ship to pieces.

to tear apart, split, or divide: racial tension that is rending the nation.

to pull or tear violently (often followed by away, off, up, etc.).

to tear (one's garments or hair) in grief, rage, etc.

to disturb (the air) sharply with loud noise.

to harrow or distress (the heart) with painful feelings.

verb (used without object), rent, rend·ing.

to split or tear something.

to become torn or split.

Origin of rend

before 950; Middle English renden, Old English rendan; cognate with Old Frisian renda

SYNONYMS FOR rend

2 rive, sunder, sever, cleave, chop, fracture, rupture. See tear².

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OTHER WORDS FROM rend

rend·i·ble, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for rent

The first 30 years of his life, he helped his father build and then rent out Rockefeller Center at a difficult time.

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The winter air is rent with cries from thousands of puffed up lips, begging to be let in.

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Squeezing what rent he could from the tenants, Washington moved on.

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The journey began well, as Washington managed to collect some rent from war-ravaged tenants in Cumberland.

Washington’s Wheeler-Dealer Patriotism |William O’Connor |October 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Manhattanites are concerned that a decade of Bloombergian rent increases now threatens their venerable dining scene.

High Rents Are Killing the Restaurant Capital |Will Doig |October 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Rent strikes and riots against high prices have become common events in our large cities.

Socialism |John Spargo
One day when Miss Husted came for her rent, he hesitated before he paid her; he had forgotten it was rent day and was unprepared.

The Music Master |Charles Klein
Next morning, however, when I came down I received notice that my room was no longer for rent.

John Marvel, Assistant |Thomas Nelson Page
The landlord took every dime I made last night, for rent this morning.

The Forged Note |Oscar Micheaux
We could rent a little house and you'd have hardly anything to do.

Dust |Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius

British Dictionary definitions for rent (1 of 3)

rent ¹

/ (rɛnt) /

noun

a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord or owner for the occupation or use of land, buildings, or by a user for the use of other property, such as a telephone

economics

that portion of the national income accruing to owners of land and real property
the return derived from the cultivation of land in excess of production costs
See economic rent

for rent mainly US and Canadian available for use and occupation subject to the payment of rent

verb

(tr) to grant (a person) the right to use one's property in return for periodic payments

(tr) to occupy or use (property) in return for periodic payments

(intr often foll by at) to be let or rented (for a specified rental)

Derived forms of rent

rentability, noun rentable, adjective

Word Origin for rent

C12: from Old French rente revenue, from Vulgar Latin rendere (unattested) to yield; see render

British Dictionary definitions for rent (2 of 3)

rent ²

/ (rɛnt) /

noun

a slit or opening made by tearing or rending; tear

a breach or division, as in relations

verb

the past tense and past participle of rend

British Dictionary definitions for rent (3 of 3)

rend

/ (rɛnd) /

verb rends, rending or rent

to tear with violent force or to be torn in this way; rip

(tr) to tear or pull (one's clothes, etc), esp as a manifestation of rage or grief

(tr) (of a noise or cry) to disturb (the air, silence, etc) with a shrill or piercing tone

(tr) to pain or distress (the heart, conscience, etc)

Derived forms of rend

rendible, adjective

Word Origin for rend

Old English rendan; related to Old Frisian renda

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