rent

See also: Rent

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: rĕnt, (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ɹɛnt/
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Etymology 1

From Old French rente, from Vulgar Latin *rendere, from Latin reddēre, present active infinitive of reddō.

Noun

rent (countable and uncountable, 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.

4. An object for which rent is charged or paid.
5. (obsolete) income; revenue
   • Gower

     [Bacchus] a waster was and all his rent / In wine and bordel he dispent.

   • Alexander Pope

     So bought an annual rent or two, / And liv'd, just as you see I do.

Translations

payment made by a tenant

• Arabic: أُجْرَة f (ʔujra)
• Bulgarian: на́ем (bg) m (náem)
• Catalan: lloguer (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 租金 (zh) (zūjīn), 房租 (zh) (fángzū), 租價／租价 (zh) (zūjià), 租价 (zh) (zūjià)

• Czech: nájemné (cs) n, nájem (cs) m
• Danish: leje c, husleje c
• Dutch: huur (nl) m
• Esperanto: luo
• Finnish: vuokra (fi)
• French: loyer (fr) m
• Galician: alugueiro (gl) m
• Gallurese: accoldu
• German: Miete (de) f, Mietzins (de) m
• Greek: ενοίκιο (el) n (enoíkio)
• Hebrew: שכר דירה (he) m (skhár dirá)
• Hindi: भाड़ा (hi) m (bhāṛā)
• Hungarian: lakbér (hu)
• Irish: cíos m
• Italian: affitto (it) m, fitto (it) m
• Japanese: 家賃 (ja) (やちん, yachin)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

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• Latvian: noma (lv) f
• Luxembourgish: Loyer m
• Macedonian: кирија f (kirija), станарина f (stanarina), закупнина f (zakupnina) (commercial premises)
• Maori: rēti
• Persian: کرایه (fa) (kerâya), اجاره (fa) (ejâre)
• Portuguese: renda (pt) f, aluguel (pt) m
• Romanian: chirie (ro) f, locațiune (ro) f, rentă (ro) f
• Russian: кварти́рная пла́та (ru) f (kvartírnaja pláta) (only when renting a flat), квартпла́та (ru) f (kvartpláta) (only when renting a flat), аре́ндная пла́та f (aréndnaja pláta), аре́нда (ru) f (arénda)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: pesòni

  Logudorese: pesòne

• Scottish Gaelic: màl m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кѝрија f, стана̀рина f

  Roman: kìrija (sh) f, stanàrina (sh) f

• Spanish: renta (es) f, alquiler (es)
• Swedish: hyra (sv) c
• Telugu: అద్దె (te) (adde)
• Urdu: بھاڑا m (bhāṛā), کرایہ m (kirāyā)
• Walloon: louwaedje m, louwî m, trecins (wa) m
• Yiddish: דירה־געלט n (dire-gelt)

payment made for the use of equipment or a service

• Arabic: أُجْرَة f (ʔujra)
• Bulgarian: на́ем (bg) m (náem), ре́нта (bg) f (rénta)
• Catalan: lloguer (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 租費／租费 (zh) (zūfèi), 租费 (zh) (zūfèi)

• Czech: nájemné (cs) n, nájem (cs) m
• Danish: leje c
• Finnish: vuokra (fi)
• German: Miete (de) f, Mietzins (de) m
• Greek: ενοίκιο (el) n (enoíkio), μίσθωμα (el) n (místhoma)
• Irish: cíos m
• Japanese: 借り賃 (かりちん, karichin)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

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• Latvian: noma (lv) f
• Macedonian: наемнина f (naemnina)
• Portuguese: renda (pt) f, aluguel (pt) m
• Romanian: rentă (ro) f
• Russian: пла́та за прока́т f (pláta za prokát), прока́т (ru) m (prokát)
• Scottish Gaelic: màl m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: најамнѝна f

  Roman: najamnìna (sh) f

• Swedish: hyra (sv) c
• Telugu: అద్దె (te) (adde)
• Walloon: louwaedje m

Verb

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.
4. (intransitive) To be leased or let for rent.

   The house rents for five hundred dollars a month.

Translations

to occupy premises in exchange for rent

• Arabic: اِسْتَأْجَرَ (istaʔjara)
• Bulgarian: нае́мам (bg) (naémam), нае́ма (bg) (naéma)
• Catalan: llogar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 租 (zh) (zū), 租借 (zh) (zūjiè), 租賃／租赁 (zh) (zūlìn), 租赁 (zh) (zūlìn)

• Czech: pronajmout
• Danish: leje
• Dutch: huren (nl)
• Esperanto: lui (eo)
• Finnish: vuokrata (fi)
• French: louer (fr)
• Gallurese: affittà, affittà
• Georgian: ქირაობს (kiraobs)
• German: mieten (de)
• Greek: ενοικιάζω (el) (enoikiázo)
• Hebrew: שכר (he) (sakhár)
• Hungarian: kiven
• Italian: affittare (it)
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• Japanese: 賃借する (ja) (ちんしゃくする, chinshaku-suru), 借りる (ja) (かりる, kariru)
• Korean: 빌려주다 (billyeojuda)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Latvian: nomāt (lv)
• Luxembourgish: lounen
• Macedonian: изнајмува (iznajmuva) (residential), закупува (zakupuva) (commercial)
• Persian: کرایه کردن (fa) (kerâya kardan), اجاره کردن (fa) (ejâre kardan)
• Portuguese: alugar (pt)
• Romanian: închiria (ro), arenda (ro)
• Russian: снима́ть (ru) impf (snimátʹ), снять (ru) pf (snjatʹ)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: arrendare, allogare, alcilai, allogai

  Logudorese: arrendare, allogare

• Sassarese: affittà, affittà
• Scottish Gaelic: gabh air mhàl
• Spanish: alquilar (es), arrendar (es), rentar (es)
• Swedish: hyra (sv)

to grant occupation in return for rent

• Bulgarian: отда́вам (bg) (otdávam), отда́м (otdám), да́вам (bg) (dávam), дам (bg) (dam)
• Catalan: llogar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 出租 (zh) (chūzū)

• Danish: leje ud
• Esperanto: luigi
• French: louer (fr)
• German: vermieten (de)
• Greek: μισθώνω (el) (misthóno)
• Hebrew: השכיר (hiskír)
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• Hungarian: kiadó (hu)
• Italian: affittare (it)
• Japanese: 貸す (ja) (かす, kasu), 貸し借りする (かしかりする, kashikari-sru)
• Maori: rēti
• Persian: اجاره دادن (fa) (ejâre dâdan)
• Portuguese: alugar (pt)
• Russian: сдава́ть в аре́нду (sdavátʹ v aréndu), сдава́ть (ru) impf (sdavátʹ), сдать (ru) pf (sdatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: thoir seachad air mhàl
• Spanish: alquilar (es)
• Swedish: hyra ut (sv)

obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: нае́мам (bg) (naémam), нае́ма (bg) (naéma), зае́мам (bg) (zaémam), зае́ма (bg) (zaéma)
• Catalan: llogar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 租借 (zh) (zūjiè), 租用 (zh) (zūyòng), 租賃／租赁 (zh) (zūlìn), 租赁 (zh) (zūlìn)

• Dutch: verhuren (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: vuokrata (fi)
• French: louer (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
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• German: mieten (de)
• Greek: ενοικιάζω (el) (enoikiázo)
• Italian: noleggiare (it)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: брать напрока́т impf (bratʹ naprokát), взять напрока́т pf (vzjatʹ naprokát), нанима́ть (ru) impf (nanimátʹ), наня́ть (ru) pf (nanjátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: gabh air mhàl
• Spanish: alquilar (es)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• hire

Etymology 2

From Middle English renten (“to tear”). Variant form of renden.

Noun

rent (plural rents)

1. A tear or rip in some surface.
   • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 10

     The brown paint on the door was so old that the naked wood showed between the rents.

2. A division or schism.
   • 2002, Michael B. Oren, Six Days of War: June 1967:

     […] the White House was considering sending Vice President Humphrey to Cairo to patch up the many rents in U.S.—Egyptian relations.

Translations

a tear or rip

• Dutch: scheur (nl), barst (nl), kloof (nl)
• French: déchirure (fr) f
• German: Riss (de) m
• Greek: σχίσιμο (el) n (schísimo)

  Ancient: σχίσμα n (skhísma)

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• Irish: roiseadh m
• Italian: strappo (it) m, squarcio (it) m, lacerazione (it) f, scissione (it) f
• Latin: scissūra f
• Russian: проре́ха (ru) f (proréxa)
• Spanish: rasgadura (es) f

A division or schism between two things.

• Dutch: scheiding (nl), schisma (nl)
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Verb

rent

1. simple past and past participle of rend

Anagrams

• tern, tren

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɛnt
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /rɛnt/

Verb

1. (deprecated template usage) second- and third-person singular present indicative of rennen
2. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) plural imperative of rennen

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

rent

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) neuter singular of ren

Adverb

rent

1. purely

Verb

rent

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) past participle of renne

References

• “ren” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Swedish

Adjective

rent

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite neuter singular of ren

Adverb

rent (comparative renare, superlative renast)

1. cleanly
2. purely