Sekirov Dictionary

rent

/ˈɹɛnt/

noun 8
verb 4
adjective 1
forms 5
phrases 4

noun8

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a payment that people who use a property make to its owner at regular times, such as every month
- I am asking £300 a week rent.
A similar payment for the use of a product, equipment or a service.
An amount of virtual currency paid by a player to preserve their character, inventory, etc. between gameplay sessions in a multi-user dungeon.
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A tear or rip in some surface.
- [O]ne streak of copper-coloured light made a narrow rent between sea and sky. — 1876
•
A division or schism.
- [T]he White House was considering sending Vice President Humphrey to Cairo to patch up the many rents in U.S.—Egyptian relations. — 2002
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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.
An object for which rent is charged or paid.
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(no longer used) Income; revenue.
- So bought an annual rent or two, / And liv'd, just as you see I do. — 1733

verb4

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To take a lease of premises in exchange for rent.
- I rented a house from my friend's parents for a year.
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To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.
- In Pärnu the beach is closed, but the Neptun cooperative still runs its beachfront shop, renting surfboards and beach chairs. — 1989
•
To grant a lease in return for rent.
- We rented our house to our son's friend for a year.
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To be leased or let for rent.
- The house rents for five hundred dollars a month.

adjective1

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That has been torn or rent; ripped; torn.
- Cleopatra is rent by a struggle between her newly-acquired dignity as a queen, and a strong impulse to put out her tongue at him. — 1898

forms

rented · renting · rents · more rent · most rent

Phrases with rent

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