rent.
A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.
Meaning & usage
A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.
I am asking £300 a week rent.
A similar payment for the use of a product, equipment or a service.
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.
Income; revenue.
An amount of virtual currency paid by a player to preserve their character, inventory, etc. between gameplay sessions in a multi-user dungeon.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English rent, rente, from Old French rente, from Early Medieval Latin rendita, from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere.
To take a lease of premises in exchange for rent.
I rented a house from my friend's parents for a year.
To grant a lease in return for rent.
We rented our house to our son's friend for a year.
To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.
To be leased or let for rent.
The house rents for five hundred dollars a month.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English rent, rente, from Old French rente, from Early Medieval Latin rendita, from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere.
A tear or rip in some surface.
A division or schism.
Where this word comes from
See rend.
That has been torn or rent; ripped; torn.
Where this word comes from
See rend.
simple past and past participle of rend
Where this word comes from
See rend.
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