rent
IPA: rˈɛnt
noun
- A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.
- A similar payment for the use of a product, equipment or a service.
- (economics) A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business.
- An object for which rent is charged or paid.
- (obsolete) Income; revenue.
- A tear or rip in some surface.
- A division or schism.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To take a lease of premises in exchange for rent.
- (transitive, informal) To grant a lease in return for rent.
- (transitive) To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.
- (intransitive, informal) To be leased or let for rent.
adjective
- That has been torn or rent; ripped; torn.
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Examples of "rent" in Sentences
- The rent was paid by my parents.
- He rented a commodious apartment.
- The renter then pays monthly rent.
- There were then fourteen tenements in the rents.
- Additional houses double the rent, then redouble.
- Additional houses double the rent, then redouble, etc.
- Rent in the Brew House is low and the openings are few.
- New houses mean higher rent, higher rest means fewer flophouses.
- The rent from the house was donated to the poor at Christmas and midsummer.
- He rents the furniture, much to the dismay of House, who returns the furniture.
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