rent

/ɹɛnt/

noun

  1. 1

    A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property.

  2. 2

    A similar payment for the use of equipment or a service.

  3. 3

    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.
  4. 4

    An object for which rent is charged or paid.

  5. 5

    Income; revenue.

verb

  1. 1

    To occupy premises in exchange for rent.

    I rented a house from my friend's parents for a year.
  2. 2

    To grant occupation in return for rent.

    We rented our house to our son's friend for a year.
  3. 3

    To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.

  4. 4

    To be leased or let for rent.

    The house rents for five hundred dollars a month.

verb

  1. 1

    To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst

    Lightning rends an oak.
  2. 2

    To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force; to amputate.

  3. 3

    To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.

    Relationships may rend if tempers flare.

noun

  1. 1

    A tear or rip in some surface.

  2. 2

    A division or schism.

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