rent
A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.
Noun 4 meanings
A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.
“I am asking £300 a week rent.”
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.
“A New York city taxicab license earns more than $10,000 a year in rent.”
An object for which rent is charged or paid.
Verb 4 meanings
To take a lease of premises in exchange for rent.
“I rented a house from my friend's parents for a year.”
To grant a lease in return for rent.
“We rented our house to our son's friend for a year.”
To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.
To be leased or let for rent.
“The house rents for five hundred dollars a month.”
Adjective 1 meaning
That has been torn or rent; ripped; torn.
Etymology
From Middle English rent, rente, from Old French rente, from Early Medieval Latin rendita, from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere.
RENT at a glance
RENT has 4 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + N 1 + T 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,535 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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