English Explanatory Dictionary

rent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.
  2. A similar payment for the use of a product, equipment or a service.
  3. A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business.
  4. An object for which rent is charged or paid.
  5. Income; revenue.
  6. An amount of virtual currency paid by a player to preserve their character, inventory, etc. between gameplay sessions in a multi-user dungeon.
verb
  1. To take a lease of premises in exchange for rent.
  2. To grant a lease in return for rent.
  3. To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.
  4. To be leased or let for rent.
noun
  1. A tear or rip in some surface.
  2. A division or schism.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of rend
adj
  1. That has been torn or rent; ripped; torn.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

rĕnt /ˈɹɛnt/ en-uk-rent.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-rent.wav en-us-rent.ogg /ˈɹɪ̟nt/

Word forms

rent rents renting rented more rent most rent

Etymology

From Middle English rent, rente, from Old French rente, from Early Medieval Latin rendita, from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere.

Related words

hire

Derived words

antirent base rent black rent chief rent dry rent economic rent forerent for rent ground rent high-rent liferent live rent-free in someone's head live rent-free in someone's mind low-rent pay the rent peppercorn rent quasi-rent quit-rent quit rent rack-rent rack rent rental rentback rent boy rentcharge rent control rent-controlled rent-free rent freeze Renthead renthouse renting rentless rent money rent party rent review rent roll rent seck rent-seeker rent-seeking rent seeking rent-stabilized rent strike water-rent white rent overrent rentability rentable rent-a-car rent-a-cop rent-a-crowd rent-a-dread rent-a-gob rent-a-john rent-a-mob rent-a-mouth rent-a-quote rent-a-thug rent-a-womb rentee

Translations

Arabic: أُجْرَة Armenian: վարձ Azerbaijani: kirayə Basque: akura Belarusian: прака́т Belarusian: рэ́нта Bulgarian: на́ем Bulgarian: ре́нта Catalan: lloguer Chinese Mandarin: 租費 /租费 Czech: nájemné Czech: nájem Danish: leje Finnish: vuokra French: location German: Miete German: Mietzins Greek: ενοίκιο Greek: μίσθωμα Hungarian: bérleti díj Irish: cíos Italian: canone di locazione Italian: nolo Italian: pigione Japanese: 借り賃 Korean: 차임 Central Kurdish: کرێ Latvian: noma Macedonian: наемнина Plautdietsch: Rent Portuguese: renda Portuguese: aluguel Romanian: rentă Russian: пла́та за прока́т Russian: прока́т Russian: ре́нта Scottish Gaelic: màl Serbo-Croatian: најамнѝна Serbo-Croatian: najamnìna Sicilian: renna Slovak: nájomné Slovak: nájom Slovene: najemnina Swedish: hyra Telugu: అద్దె Thai: ค่าเช่า Ukrainian: прока́т Ukrainian: ре́нта Walloon: louwaedje
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