rent
/ɹˈɛnt/ · 1 syllable
Meaning
verb
- let for money
“We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad” - grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
“I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners” - engage for service under a term of contract
“We took an apartment on a quiet street” - hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
noun
- a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
- an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
“there was a rip in his pants” - the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions
- the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
“he gave the envelope a vigorous rip”
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