Definitions of rent [ɛnt]

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Definition of 'rent'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) rent
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land or property.

2.  rent
a payment made by a lessee to an owner in return for the use of machinery, equipment, etc.

3.  rent
the yield on a piece of land, as the profit on produce over the cost of production.

4.  rent
profit or return derived from any differential advantage in production.

5. (v.t.) rent
to grant the possession and use of (property, machinery, etc.) in return for payment of rent (often fol. by out).

6.  rent
to take and hold (property, machinery, etc.) in return for payment of rent to the landlord or owner.

7. (v.i.) rent
to be leased or let for rent.

8.  rent
to lease or let property.

9.  rent
to take possession of and use property by paying rent.

10. (n.) rent
an opening made by rending or tearing; fissure.

11.  rent
a breach of relations; schism.

Etymology: (1525–35; n. use of

Definition of 'rent'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) rent
a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service

2. (noun) rip, rent, snag, split, tear
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
"there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"

3. (noun) economic rent, rent
the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions

4. (verb) rent, rip, split
the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
"he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"

5. (verb) rent, lease
let for money
"We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad"

6. (verb) lease, let, rent
grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
"I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"

7. (verb) lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
engage for service under a term of contract
"We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

8. (verb) rent, hire, charter, lease
hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

Definition of 'rent'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) rent
money you pay to use sth that sb else owns
I can't pay the rent on the house this month.

2. (verb) rent
to pay money to use sth that sb else owns
They rented a car in Florida.; We'll rent until we can afford to buy a house.

3. rent
to allow sb to rent sth
We could rent the house out while we're away.

Definition of 'rent'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) rent
an opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear

2. (noun) rent
figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church

3. (noun) rent
income; revenue. See Catel

4. (noun) rent
pay; reward; share; toll

5. (noun) rent
a certain periodical profit, whether in money, provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and tenements in payment for the use; commonly, a certain pecuniary sum agreed upon between a tenant and his landlord, paid at fixed intervals by the lessee to the lessor, for the use of land or its appendages; as, rent for a farm, a house, a park, etc

6. (noun) rent
to grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it

7. (noun) rent
to take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the tennant rents an estate of the owner

8. rent
of Rend

9. rent
imp. & p. p. of Rend

10. (verb) rent
to rant

11. (verb) rent
to tear. See Rend

12. (verb) rent
to be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year

Translation of 'rent'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: money paid, usually regularly, for the use of a house, shop, land etc which belongs to someone else The rent for this flat is $50 a week.
Afrikaans: huur	Arabic: إيجار، اُجْرَة السَّكَن	Bulgarian: наем
Brazilian: aluguel	Czech: nájemné	German: die Miete
Danish: leje	Greek: νοίκι	Spanish: alquiler
Estonian: üür	Farsi: درامد؛ عایدی	Finnish: vuokra
French: loyer	Hebrew: שְׂכָר דִירָה	Hindi: दरार, किराया
Croatian: renta, najamnina	Hungarian: bér(leti díj)	Indonesian: sewa
Icelandic: leiga	Italian: affitto	Japanese: 家賃
Korean: 임대료	Lithuanian: nuoma, nuomos mokestis	Latvian: īre; noma
Malay: sewa	Dutch: huur	Norwegian: (hus)leie
Polish: czynsz, dzierżawa	Persian: درامد؛ عایدی	Pashto: څيرى، بژه، درز
Portuguese: aluguel	Romanian: chirie	Russian: арендная плата
Slovak: nájomné	Slovenian: najemnina	Serbian: kirija
Swedish: hyra	Thai: ค่าเช่า	Turkish: kira (bedeli)
Taiwanese: 租金	Ukrainian: орендна плата; квартирна	Urdu: کرایہ
Vietnamese: tiền thuê nhà	Chinese: 租金
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