Meaning of rent in English

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Verb
rent
Definitions
1. let for money
Examples
- « We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad »
Derived terms
2. grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
Examples
- « I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners »
Derived terms
3. engage for service under a term of contract
Examples
- « We took an apartment on a quiet street »
- « Let's rent a car »
- « Shall we take a guide in Rome? »
Derived terms
4. hold under a lease or rental agreement
Examples
- « of goods and services »
Derived terms
Noun
rent
Etymology
Middle English: from Old French rente, from a root shared by render
Definitions
1. a regular payment by a tenant to a landlord for use of some property
Derived terms
2. an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
Examples
- « there was a rip in his pants »
- « she had snags in her stockings »
Derived terms
- bust
- cleave
- pull
- rend
- rip
- rive
- rupture
- snap
- split
- tear
3. the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions
4. the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
Examples
- « he gave the envelope a vigorous rip »
Derived terms
- cleave
- pull
- rend
- rip
- rive
- split

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