Definition of RENT

rent

Plural: rents

Noun

  • a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
  • an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
  • the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions
  • the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
  • A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.
  • 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.
  • An object for which rent is charged or paid.
  • Income; revenue.
  • An amount of virtual currency paid by a player to preserve their character, inventory, etc. between gameplay sessions in a multi-user dungeon.
  • A tear or rip in some surface.
  • A division or schism.

Verb

Verb Forms: rented, renting, rents

  • To obtain temporary use of something in return for payment.
  • let for money
    • "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad"
  • grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
  • engage for service under a term of contract
    • "Let's rent a car"
  • hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
  • tear or be torn violently
  • To take a lease of premises in exchange for rent.
  • To grant a lease in return for rent.
  • To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.
  • To be leased or let for rent.
  • simple past and past participle of rend

Adj

  • That has been torn or rent; ripped; torn.

Examples

  • A New York city taxicab license earns more than $10,000 a year in rent.
  • I am asking £300 a week rent.
  • I often feel like I RENT space on the board for my letters, hoping for a good return.
  • I rented a house from my friend's parents for a year.
  • The house rents for five hundred dollars a month.
  • We rented our house to our son's friend for a year.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English rent, rente, from Old French rente, from Early Medieval Latin rendita, from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere.

Synonyms

charter, economic rent, engage, hire, lease, let, pull, rend, rip, rive, snag, split, take, tear

Scrabble Score: 4

rent: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
rent: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
rent: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 5

rent: valid Words With Friends Word