rent
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[edit] Etymology 1
Old French rente, from Vulgar Latin rendere (“to render”).
[edit] Noun
rent (plural rents)
- A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property.
- A similar payment for the use of equipment or a service.
- (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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payment made by a tenant
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payment made for the use of equipment or a service
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[edit] Verb
rent (third-person singular simple present rents, present participle renting, simple past and past participle rented)
- (transitive) To occupy premises in exchange for rent.
- (transitive) To grant occupation in return for rent.
- (transitive) To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money/rent.
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to occupy premises in exchange for rent
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to grant occupation in return for rent
obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie
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[edit] Etymology 2
Middle English renten (“to tear”). Variant form of renden.
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rent (plural rents)
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a tear or rip
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rent
- Simple past tense and past participle of rend.
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rent
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of rennen.
- plural imperative of rennen.
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rent
- absolute indefinite neuter form of ren.
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