rent

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.
2. (countable, uncountable) A similar payment for the use of a product, equipment or a service.
3. (countable, uncountable) A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business.
4. (countable, uncountable) An object for which rent is charged or paid.
5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Income; revenue.
6. (countable, uncountable) An amount of virtual currency paid by a player to preserve their character, inventory, etc. between gameplay sessions in a multi-user dungeon.

Verb

1. (transitive) To take a lease of premises in exchange for rent.
2. (informal, transitive) To grant a lease in return for rent.
3. (transitive) To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.
4. (informal, intransitive) To be leased or let for rent.

Verb

simple past and past participle of rend

Adj

That has been torn or rent; ripped; torn.

rend

• Verb
• Noun

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Synonyms

hire

lease

split

tear

rental

charter

torn

let

rip

slit

crack

borrow

fissure

hole

🕳️

cleft

slot

rift

engage

broken

rent out

crevice

tax

laceration

fee

economic rent

wages

cut

tribute

divided

charge

gap

fracture

snag

chink

fare

leasehold

wage

tenant

hired

cracked

take

rupture

revenue

flaw

let out

renting

broken down

interest

hire out

rental payment

Translations

louer

Miete

loyer

alquilar

affittare

mieten

affitto

alugar

llogar

alquiler

noleggiare

huur

ενοίκιο

vermieten

pigione

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɛnt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: rent

Inherited from Middle English: renten

In summary

From Middle English rent, rente, from Old French rente, from Early Medieval Latin rendita, from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere.