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Meaning of 'rent' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Rent
- imp. & p. p. of Rend.
2 . Rent [ imp. & p. p.]
- of Rend
3 . Rent [ n.]
- An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear.
- Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church.
- Income; revenue. See Catel.
- Pay; reward; share; toll.
- A certain periodical profit, whether in money, provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and tenements in payment for the use; commonly, a certain pecuniary sum agreed upon between a tenant and his landlord, paid at fixed intervals by the lessee to the lessor, for the use of land or its appendages; as, rent for a farm, a house, a park, etc.
- To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it.
- To take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the tennant rents an estate of the owner.
4 . Rent [ v. i.]
- To rant.
- To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year.
5 . Rent [ v. t.]
- To tear. See Rend.

Meaning of 'rent' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . rent [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
Example in sentence:
  • he gave the envelope a vigorous rip
Meaning (2):
- an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
Example in sentence:
  • she had snags in her stockings;
  • there was a rip in his pants
3 . rent [ v]
Meaning (3):
- grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
Example in sentence:
  • I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners
Meaning (4):
- engage for service under a term of contract
Example in sentence:
  • Let's rent a car;
  • Shall we take a guide in Rome?;
  • We took an apartment on a quiet street
Meaning (5):
- let for money
Example in sentence:
  • We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad

Nearby Words:

ren renable renaissance renaissant renal renal-portal rename renard renardine renascence

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