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rent


Definition: Meaning of, rent in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / rɛnt /

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rent rented rented
Present Participle Third Person Singular
renting rents
  1. [intransitive and transitive] to regularly pay money to live in a house or room that belongs to someone else, or to use something that belongs to someone else
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  2. also rent out [transitive] to let someone live in a house, room etc that you own, or use your land, in return for money [=  let British English]
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  3. [transitive] especially American English to pay money for the use of something for a short period of time [=  hire British English]
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  4. the past tense and past participle of REND
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rent rents
  1. [uncountable and countable] the money that someone pays regularly to use a room, house etc that belongs to someone else
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  2. [uncountable and countable] especially American English an amount of money that you pay to use a car, boat etc that belongs to someone else
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  3. for rent available to be rented
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  4. [countable] formal a large tear in something made of cloth
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rent used in phrases

  • economic rent (noun)
    1. the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions
  • ground rent (noun)
    1. rent that you pay to the person who owns the land that your house, office etc is built on
  • low-rent (adjective)
    1. not expensive or not good quality - used to show disapproval
  • peppercorn rent (noun)
    1. British English a very low rent
  • rack rent (noun)
    1. an extortionate rent
  • rent boy (noun)
    1. British English informal a young man who has sex with other men in return for money
  • rent collector (noun)
    1. a person who goes from house to house collecting rents for the owner
  • rent control (noun)
    1. when a city or a state uses laws to control the cost of renting houses and apartments
  • rent out (verb)
    1. grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee
  • rent rebate (noun)
    1. money that some people get from the local government to help them pay their rent
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