rent
Meaning
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- 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.
- 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.
Synonyms
rental payment
broken open
rental fee
rentage
lease out
transport charges
buy on credit
have a loan
loan charges
space character
hold possession
split asunder
cost of transportation
hold by lease
transport cost
residential rental
house rent
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɹɛnt/
Etymology
From Middle English rent, rente, from Old French rente, from Early Medieval Latin rendita, from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere.
New
rend
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- To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst
- To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force; to amputate.
- To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.
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