rent
/rent/
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Definition
Noun:
- A payment for temporary use: A regular payment made by a tenant (lessee) to an owner (lessor) for the use of property, land, or equipment.
- A tear or split: An opening or hole made by tearing or splitting something apart. (This is a separate, less common meaning derived from the verb "rend".)
Verb:
- To pay for temporary use: To make regular payments to an owner for the use of property, land, or equipment.
- To grant temporary use for payment: To allow someone to use your property, land, or equipment in exchange for regular payments.
Usage Examples
Noun (Payment):
- The monthly rent for the apartment is due on the first.
- He couldn't afford the rent on the storefront.
Noun (Tear):
- There was a large rent in the fabric of the old sail.
Verb (To pay):
- We decided to rent a car for our vacation.
- She rents a small studio in the city center.
Verb (To grant use):
- They rent their cottage to tourists during the summer.
- The company rents out industrial equipment.
Advanced Usage
"For rent": Available to be rented.
- The sign on the lawn said "Apartment for rent".
"Rent out": To make something available for others to rent.
- He rents out his garage as a storage space.
"Rent strike": A collective refusal by tenants to pay rent, usually as a protest.
- The tenants organized a rent strike to demand better maintenance.
Variants and Related Words
- Rental (n/adj): The act of renting or something that is rented. ()
- Renter (n): A person who pays rent; a tenant.
- Lease (n/v): A formal contract for renting property, often for a fixed term. (A close synonym in legal contexts).
Synonyms
- Hire (v): To pay for the temporary use of something, especially common in British English for vehicles or equipment.
- Let (v): To allow someone to use property in exchange for rent, common in British English. ()
- Charter (v): To rent a vehicle, especially an aircraft or boat, for exclusive use.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Rent out: To allow someone to use something you own in return for payment.
- They are renting out their house while they travel.
Related Idioms
- "More trouble than it's worth": This concept is sometimes expressed as something not being worth the rent it would command, implying low value.
- That old car isn't worth the garage space it rents. (Implied idiom)
Noun
- the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
- he gave the envelope a vigorous rip
- the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions
- an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
- there was a rip in his pants
- she had snags in her stockings
- a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
Verb
- hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
- engage for service under a term of contract
- We took an apartment on a quiet street
- Let's rent a car
- Shall we take a guide in Rome?
- grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
- I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners
- let for money
- We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad