1rent1 (rɛnt
)
Definitions
noun
- a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord or owner for the occupation or use of land, buildings, or by a user for the use of other property, such as a telephone
- economics
- that portion of the national income accruing to owners of land and real property
- the return derived from the cultivation of land in excess of production costs
- See economic rent
- See for rent
verb
- (tr) to grant (a person) the right to use one's property in return for periodic payments
- (tr) to occupy or use (property) in return for periodic payments
- (intr) at to be let or rented (for a specified rental)
Alternative Forms
ˌrentaˈbility noun ˈrentable adjectiveWord Origin
C12: from Old French rente revenue, from Vulgar Latin rendere (unattested) to yield; see render2rent2 (rɛnt)
Definitions
noun
- a slit or opening made by tearing or rending; tear
- a breach or division, as in relations
verb
- the past tense and past participle of rend
rend (rɛnd)
Definitions
verb
Word forms: rends, rending, rent
- to tear with violent force or to be torn in this way; rip
- (tr) to tear or pull (one's clothes, etc), esp as a manifestation of rage or grief
- (tr) (of a noise or cry) to disturb (the air, silence, etc) with a shrill or piercing tone
- (tr) to pain or distress (the heart, conscience, etc)
Alternative Forms
ˈrendible adjectiveWord Origin
Old English rendan ; related to Old Frisian rendaTranslations
- British English:
rent
Rent is the amount of money that you pay regularly to use a house, flat, or piece of land.She worked to pay the rent while I went to college.rɛnt NOUN She worked to pay the rent while I went to college.
- Spanish:
arriendo
nm
- French:
loyer
nm
- German:
Miete
nf
- Chinese: 租金 n
- Arabic: إيجار n
- Portuguese: aluguer nm
- Russian: арендная плата nf
- Croatian: najamnina nf
- Czech: nájemné nnt
- Danish: leje nutr
- Dutch: huur n
- Finnish: vuokra n
- Greek: ενοίκιο nnt
- Italian: affitto nm
- Japanese: 賃貸料 n
- Korean: 임대료 n
- Norwegian: leie nm
- Polish: czynsz nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: aluguel nm
- European Spanish:
arriendo
nm
- Swedish: hyra nutr
- Thai: ค่าเช่า n
- Turkish: kira n
- Vietnamese: tiền thuê n
- British English:
rent
If you rent something, you regularly pay its owner in order to have it and use it yourself.She rents a house with three other women.rɛnt VERB She rents a house with three other women.
- Spanish:
arrendar
v
- French:
louer
vt
- German:
mieten
v
- Chinese: 租借 v
- Arabic: يُؤَجِّرُ v
- Portuguese: alugar v
- Russian: арендовать v
- Croatian: unajmiti v
- Czech: pronajmout v pronajímat
- Danish: leje v
- Dutch: huren v
- Finnish: vuokrata v
- Greek: νοικιάζω v
- Italian: affittare v
- Japanese: 賃貸する v
- Korean: 임대하다 v
- Norwegian: leie v
- Polish: wynająć v wynajmować
- Brazilian Portuguese: alugar v
- European Spanish:
arrendar
v
- Swedish: hyra v
- Thai: เช่า v
- Turkish: kiralamak v
- Vietnamese: cho thuê v
Usage examples
After the break-up of his marriage he'd given up the office he used to rent in favour of working at home.
, LOST SUMMER (2002)Normally the tenant pays the rent directly to the management company.
Irish Times (2002)The cost of decoration set against lost rent is small indeed.
Glasgow Herald (2001)People who had usually saved long and hard for their summer holiday or weekend break now found that they needed the money to pay the rent.
, THE TURN OF THE TIDE (2004)