rent
rent (rent)
noun
- a stated return or payment for the temporary possession or use of a house, land, or other property, made, usually at fixed intervals, by the tenant or user to the owner
- Obsolete
- real estate or other property yielding an income
- income; revenue
- Econ.
- income from the use of land
- an additional amount paid or accruing to the owner of an economic resource, as a tract of land, that is the result of some special or unique attribute, as a desirable location
Etymology: ME < OFr rente < LL *rendita (pp. of *rendere: see render), for L reddita (pecunia), paid (money)
transitive verb
- to get temporary possession and use of (a house, land, etc.) by paying rent
- to get the temporary use of (a car, tool, furniture, etc.) by paying a fee
- to give temporary possession and use of in return for the payment of rent or a fee; lease or let: often with out
intransitive verb
- ☆ to be leased or let for rent or a fee
- to lease or let a place or thing
Related Forms:
- rentable rent′·able adjective
for rent
☆rent (rent)
transitive verb, intransitive verb
rent (rent)
noun
- a hole or gap made by rending or tearing, as a torn place in cloth, a fissure in the earth, etc.
- a breach of relations, as between persons or in an organized group; schism
Etymology: n. use of obs. or dial. rent, var. of rend
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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| Rent/lease | 4 | 7 years ago |
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