rental

[ ren-tl ]

/ ˈrɛn tl /

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noun

an amount received or paid as rent.

the act of renting.

an apartment, house, car, etc., offered or given for rent.

an income arising from rents received.

a rent-roll.

adjective

of or relating to rent.

available for rent.

engaged in the business of providing rentals: a rental agency.

Origin of rental

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English word from Anglo-Latin word rentāle. See rent¹, -al²

OTHER WORDS FROM rental

pre·rent·al, noun re·rent·al, noun

Words nearby rental

rent-a-car, rent-free, rent-roll, rent-seeking, rent-stabilized, rental, rental collection, rental library, rente, renter, rentier

Example sentences from the Web for rental

At one point, she entered into a contract with a couple named Tamra and Tom Bennett to purchase eight rental properties.

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In turn, the rental rates and home prices are rising fast–something of a new phenomenon.

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It led us to bank accounts, rental private mailboxes, and companies, all of which we followed up on.

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I made my way back to Laura, and we picked up our rental car.

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Rohrabacher has never been accused of trashing an office, but allegedly trashed his rental house instead.

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(c) Levy rates on the rental values of the district, and borrow money on the security of such rates for any of the above purposes.

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In 1839 the rental paid was $300, and for the six succeeding years it was $200.

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And perhaps the larger share of the city property is unoccupied or paying no rental.

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The rental charges are nominal in amount, the maximum being about 1/16 of a cent per kilowatt hour.

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He has just bought two estates, and La Crampade is now a property with an annual rental of thirty thousand francs.

Letters of Two Brides |Honore de Balzac

British Dictionary definitions for rental

rental

/ (ˈrɛntəl) /

noun

the amount paid by a tenant as rent
the amount paid by a user for the use of propertytelephone rental
an income derived from rents received

property available for renting

a less common name for rent-roll

adjective

of or relating to rent or renting

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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rental

noun

adjective

Origin of rental

OTHER WORDS FROM rental

Words nearby rental

Example sentences from the Web for rental

British Dictionary definitions for rental

noun

adjective

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

rental

noun

adjective

Origin of rental

OTHER WORDS FROM rental

Words nearby rental

Words related to rental

Example sentences from the Web for rental

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British Dictionary definitions for rental