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rent
Noun
  • A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property.
  • A similar payment for the use of equipment or a service.
  • A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business. economics
  • An object for which rent is charged or paid.
  • income; revenue obsolete
Verb
  • To occupy premises in exchange for rent. transitive
  • To grant occupation in return for rent. transitive
  • To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money. transitive
  • To be leased or let for rent. intransitive
Noun
  • A tear or rip in some surface.
  • A division or schism.
Verb
  • simple past tense and past participle of rend
rend
Verb
  • To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst transitive
  • To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force. transitive
  • To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split. intransitive
Noun
  • A violent separation of parts.
Rent
Proper noun
  • A surname​.