rent (Meaning)
rent (n)
a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions
the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
rent (v)
let for money
grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
engage for service under a term of contract
hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
rent (imp. & p. p.)
of Rend
rent (v. i.)
To rant.
To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year.
rent ()
imp. & p. p. of Rend.
rent (n.)
An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear.
Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church.
Income; revenue. See Catel.
Pay; reward; share; toll.
A certain periodical profit, whether in money, provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and tenements in payment for the use; commonly, a certain pecuniary sum agreed upon between a tenant and his landlord, paid at fixed intervals by the lessee to the lessor, for the use of land or its appendages; as, rent for a farm, a house, a park, etc.
To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it.
To take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the tennant rents an estate of the owner.
That portion of the produce of the earth paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil; the excess of the return from a given piece of cultivated land over that from land of equal area at the margin of cultivation. Called also economic, / Ricardian, rent. Economic rent is due partly to differences of productivity, but chiefly to advantages of location; it is equivalent to ordinary or commercial rent less interest on improvements, and nearly equivalent to ground rent.
Loosely, a return or profit from a differential advantage for production, as in case of income or earnings due to rare natural gifts creating a natural monopoly.
rent (v. t.)
To tear. See Rend.
Synonyms & Antonyms of rent
rent Sentence Examples
- The Thompsons are considering renting a larger house for their growing family.
- Our monthly rent payment is due on the first of every month.
- We're unable to pay the rent this month because of unexpected expenses.
- The landlord increased the rent by 10%, which is making it difficult for us to stay in our apartment.
- We're subletting our apartment for the summer while we're away on vacation.
- The rental agreement states that we are responsible for all utilities.
- We're looking for a rental property that allows pets.
- The rent-controlled apartment was a great deal, but it's now up for renewal.
- The landlord refused to renew our lease, so we'll have to find a new place to rent.
- We're going to rent a car for our road trip to the Grand Canyon.
FAQs About the word rent
a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service, an opening made forcibly as by pulling
tear, slash, slit, scratch, laceration, scrape, gash, score, incision, injury
No antonyms found.
The Thompsons are considering renting a larger house for their growing family.
Our monthly rent payment is due on the first of every month.
We're unable to pay the rent this month because of unexpected expenses.
The landlord increased the rent by 10%, which is making it difficult for us to stay in our apartment.
