English dictionary
rent
/r/E/nt/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
Source: WordNet 3.0
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an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
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the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions
Synonyms economic rentSource: WordNet 3.0
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the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
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An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear.
Source: webster1913
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Income; revenue. See <u>Catel</u>.
Source: webster1913
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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 <i>economic, or Ricardian, rent</i>. 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 <i>ground rent</i>.
Source: webster1913
verb
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let for money
ExamplesWe rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad.
Synonyms leaseSource: WordNet 3.0
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grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
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engage for service under a term of contract
ExamplesLet's rent a car.
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hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
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To rant.
Source: webster1913
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To tear. See <u>Rend</u>.
Source: webster1913
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To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house <i>rents</i> it.
Source: webster1913
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To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate <i>rents</i> for five hundred dollars a year.
Source: webster1913