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
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
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