rent

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[edit] Etymology 1

Old French rente, from Vulgar Latin rendere (to render).

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rent (plural rents)

  1. A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property.
  2. A similar payment for the use of equipment or a service.
  3. (economics) 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.

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rent (third-person singular simple present rents, present participle renting, simple past and past participle rented)

  1. (transitive) To occupy premises in exchange for rent.
  2. (transitive) To grant occupation in return for rent.
  3. (transitive) To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money/rent.
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Middle English renten (to tear). Variant form of renden.

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rent (plural rents)

  1. A tear or rip in some surface.
  2. A division or schism between two things.
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rent

  1. Simple past tense and past participle of rend.

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rent

  1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of rennen.
  2. plural imperative of rennen.

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rent

  1. absolute indefinite neuter form of ren.

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rent (comparative renare, superlative renast)

  1. cleanly
  2. purely
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