From Middle English rent, rente, from Old French rente, from Early Medieval Latin rendita, from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.
I am asking £300 a week rent.
This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
We never ever argue, we never calculate / The currency we've spent / I love you, you pay my rent 1987, “Rent”, in Actually, performed by Pet Shop Boys:
(countable, uncountable) A similar payment for the use of a product, equipment or a service.
(countable, uncountable) A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business.
A New York city taxicab license earns more than $10,000 a year in rent.
(countable, uncountable) An object for which rent is charged or paid.
So bought an annual rent or two, / And liv'd, just as you see I do. 1733–1737, Alexander Pope, [Imitations of Horace], London: […] R[obert] Dodsley [et al.]:
(countable, uncountable) An amount of virtual currency paid by a player to preserve their character, inventory, etc. between gameplay sessions in a multi-user dungeon.
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equipment or a service) · pdt Rent (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · tg иҷора (payment made by a tenant) · el μίσθωμα (payment made by a tenant) · sh кѝрија (payment made by a tenant) · ru пла́та за прока́т (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · nb leie (payment made by a tenant) · scn renna (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · mk закупнина (payment made by a tenant) · gl alugueiro (payment made by a tenant) · be рэ́нта (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · yue 租金 (payment made by a tenant) · arz اجار (payment made by a tenant) · cs nájemné (payment made by a tenant) · ru ре́нта (payment made by a tenant) · be прака́т (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · ka ქირა (payment made by a tenant) · da leje (payment made by a tenant) · fr loyer (payment made by a tenant) · ro locațiune (payment made by a tenant) · he שְׂכַר דִּירָה (payment made by a tenant) · es alquiler (payment made by a tenant) · ja 借り賃 (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · ru квартпла́та (payment made by a tenant) · lb Loyer (payment made by a tenant) · nl huur (payment made by a tenant) · eu akura (payment made by a tenant) · pl czynsz (payment made by a tenant) · ckb کرێ (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · te అద్దె (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · sl najemnina (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · yi דירה־געלט (payment made by a tenant) · sk nájom (payment made by a tenant) · el ενοίκιο (payment made by a tenant) · mhn tschins (payment made by a tenant) · ru кварти́рная пла́та (payment made by a tenant) · da husleje (payment made by a tenant) · hy վարձ (payment made by a tenant) · it canone di locazione (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · fr loyage (payment made by a tenant) · wa louwaedje (payment made by a tenant) · hu bérleti díj (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · ar أُجْرَة (payment made by a tenant) · hy վարձ (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · ar اِسْتَأْجَر (payment made by a tenant) · uk квартпла́та (payment made by a tenant) · nb husleie (payment made by a tenant) · tr kira (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · bg ре́нта (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · bg ре́нта (payment made by a tenant) · be кватэ́рная пла́та (payment made by a tenant) · hi भाड़ा (payment made by a tenant) · bg аре́нда (payment made by a tenant) · ckb کرێ (payment made by a tenant) · jv sewa (payment made by a tenant) · fa کرایه (payment made by a tenant) · uk кварти́рна пла́та (payment made by a tenant) · ru аре́ндная пла́та (payment made by a tenant) · ru аре́нда (payment made by a tenant) · sv hyra (payment made by a tenant) · uz ijara (payment made by a tenant) · th ค่าเช่า (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · it canone (payment made by a tenant) · cmn 租價 /租价 (payment made by a tenant) · it pigione (payment made by a tenant) · mk станарина (payment made by a tenant) · ro chirie (payment made by a tenant) · ar إِيجَار (payment made by a tenant) · ko 임대 (payment made by a tenant) · pt aluguel (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · fi vuokra (payment made by a tenant) · es renta (payment made by a tenant) · sh стана̀рина (payment made by a tenant) · el μίσθωμα (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · be арэ́ндная пла́та (payment made by a tenant) · uz ijara haqi (payment made by a tenant) · de Mietzins (payment made by a tenant) · sk nájom (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · el ενοίκιο (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · ru ре́нта (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · sq rentë (payment made by a tenant) · sv hyra (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · gd màl (payment made by a tenant) · lv noma (payment made by a tenant) · pt renda (payment made by a tenant) · bg на́ем (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · uk оре́нда (payment made by a tenant) · bg на́ем (payment made by a tenant) · it affitto (payment made by a tenant) · az kirayə (payment made by a tenant) · lt nuoma (payment made by a tenant) · yue 租 (payment made by a tenant) · ro rentă (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · wa louwaedje (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · wa trecins (payment made by a tenant) · et rent (payment made by a tenant) · wa louwî (payment made by a tenant) · sh kìrija (payment made by a tenant) · te అద్దె (payment made by a tenant) · de Miete (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · cmn 租金 (payment made by a tenant) · mi rēti (payment made by a tenant) · cs nájemné (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · it fitto (payment made by a tenant) · sh stanàrina (payment made by a tenant) · cs nájem (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · mk кирија (payment made by a tenant) · cs nájem (payment made by a tenant) · hu lakbér (payment made by a tenant) · is leiga (payment made by a tenant) · fa اجاره (payment made by a tenant) · eo lupago (payment made by a tenant) · lt renta (payment made by a tenant) · eu akura (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · sh најамнѝна (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · it nolo (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · gl renda (payment made by a tenant) · ga cíos (payment made by a tenant) · eu alokairu (payment made by a tenant) · sc pesòne (payment made by a tenant) · lv noma (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · pdt Rent (payment made by a tenant) · de Mietzins (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · ru прока́т (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · ug ئىجارە ھەققى (payment made by a tenant) · fi vuokra (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · pdt Pacht (payment made by a tenant) · scn renna (payment made by a tenant) · sc pesòni (payment made by a tenant) · ga cíos (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · sh najamnìna (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · uk прока́т (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · fr location (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · az kirayə (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · ca lloguer (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · scn lueri (payment made by a tenant) · th ค่าเช่า (payment made by a tenant) · cmn 租費 /租费 (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · gd màl (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · ur بھاڑا (payment made by a tenant) · pt renda (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · bo ཁང་གླ (payment made by a tenant) · ro rentă (payment made by a tenant) · da leje (payment made for the use of equipment or a service) · id sewa (payment made by a tenant) · tr kira (payment made by a tenant)
From Middle English rent, rente, from Old French rente, from Early Medieval Latin rendita, from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere.
Meanings
(transitive) To take a lease of premises in exchange for rent.
I rented a house from my friend's parents for a year.
(informal, transitive) To grant a lease in return for rent.
We rented our house to our son's friend for a year.
(transitive) To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.
In Pärnu the beach is closed, but the Neptun cooperative still runs its beachfront shop, renting surfboards and beach chairs. 1989 May, Priit J. Vesilind, “The Baltic: Arena of Power”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 632:
(informal, intransitive) To be leased or let for rent.
pl wypożyczać (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · fa اجاره دادن (to grant occupation in return for rent) · hu bérel (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · cmn 租借 (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · sv hyra (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · gl arrendar (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · es logar (disused) (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · uk винайма́ти (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · ca llogar (to grant occupation in return for rent) · vi thuê (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · hu kibérel (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · de mieten (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · eo lui (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · sk požičiavať si (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · it noleggiare (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · es alquilar (to grant occupation in return for rent) · ru сдать внаём (to grant occupation in return for rent) · tr kiralamak (to grant occupation in return for rent) · gd gabh air mhàl (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · eu akuratu (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · sv hyra ut (to grant occupation in return for rent) · bg нае́ма (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · sc allogare (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · oc logar (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · hy վարձով տալ (to grant occupation in return for rent) · sc arrendare (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · gl alugar (to grant occupation in return for rent) · bg нае́ма (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · ja 貸し借りする (to grant occupation in return for rent) · el ενοικιάζω (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · sdn affittà (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · sh unajmljivati (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · fr louer (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · bg отда́вам (to grant occupation in return for rent) · tr kiraya vermek (to grant occupation in return for rent) · he השכיר (to grant occupation in return for rent) · ru наня́ть (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · it affittare (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · gl alugar (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · sk prenajať si (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · es alquilar (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · th เช่า (to grant occupation in return for rent) · gl arrendar (to grant occupation in return for rent) · it affittare (to grant occupation in return for rent) · ru брать напрока́т (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · km ជួល (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · cmn 租借 (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · bg зае́ма (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · fi vuokrata (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · pt alugar (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · srn yuru (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · fi vuokrata (to grant occupation in return for rent) · gd thoir seachad air mhàl (to grant occupation in return for rent) · sh unajmiti (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · ru снять (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · hu kölcsönöz (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · lv nomāt (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · eu alokatu (to grant occupation in return for rent) · pl wypożyczyć (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · el μισθώνω (to grant occupation in return for rent) · hu kivesz (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · ca llogar (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · th เช่า (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · bg нае́мам (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · ru взять напрока́т (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · cmn 租賃 /租赁 (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · ru сдать в аре́нду (to grant occupation in return for rent) · ja 借りる (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · mt kera (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · ro arenda (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · sh iznajmiti (to grant occupation in return for rent) · de mieten (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · th เช่า (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · is leigja (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · cmn 租用 (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · sk prenajímať si (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · cs pronajmout (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · fa کرایه کردن (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · cmn 出租 (to grant occupation in return for rent) · de vermieten (to grant occupation in return for rent) · sc arrendare (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · ja 賃借する (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · ru сдава́ть внаём (to grant occupation in return for rent) · da leje ud (to grant occupation in return for rent) · sc allogare (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · yi דינגען (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · es rentar (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · nl verhuren (to grant occupation in return for rent) · bg да́вам (to grant occupation in return for rent) · sh iznajmljivati (to grant occupation in return for rent) · ko 빌려주다 (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · el ενοικιάζω (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · tr kiralamak (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · ca llogar (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · ko 임대하다 (to grant occupation in return for rent) · vi thuê (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · hy վարձել (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · eu alokatu (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · ru сдава́ть (to grant occupation in return for rent) · pl wynająć (to grant occupation in return for rent) · ka ქირაობს (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · es logar (disused) (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · fi ottaa vuokralle (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · es rentar (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · pt alugar (to grant occupation in return for rent) · gl alugar (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · ru сдава́ть в аре́нду (to grant occupation in return for rent) · uk здава́ти (to grant occupation in return for rent) · gd gabh air mhàl (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · fa اجاره کردن (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · vi mướn (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · km ជួល (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · sdc affittà (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · cmn 租賃 /租赁 (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · bg отда́м (to grant occupation in return for rent) · es rentar (to grant occupation in return for rent) · lb lounen (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · ru нанима́ть (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · uk дава́ти напрока́т (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · sk prenajímať (to grant occupation in return for rent) · ru снима́ть (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · bg зае́мам (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · fr louer (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · mi rēti (to grant occupation in return for rent) · fr louer (to grant occupation in return for rent) · nl huren (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · es alquilar (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · hu kibérel (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · bg нае́мам (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · he שכר (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · hu bérbe vesz (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · hy վարձել (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · mk изнајмува (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · hu kiad (to grant occupation in return for rent) · es arrendar (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · uk винайма́ти (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · ja 貸す (to grant occupation in return for rent) · sk požičať si (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · pl wynajmować (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · pt alugar (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · da leje (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · hu bérbe ad (to grant occupation in return for rent) · sc allogai (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · pl wynajmować (to grant occupation in return for rent) · gl arrendar (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · tr kiralamak (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · fi vuokrata (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · mk закупува (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · nl huren (obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie) · cmn 租 (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · es logar (disused) (to grant occupation in return for rent) · sk prenajať (to grant occupation in return for rent) · bo གླས (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · uk зніма́ти (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · ar أجَّرَ (to grant occupation in return for rent) · ckb کرێ گرتن (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · eo luigi (to grant occupation in return for rent) · oc logar (to grant occupation in return for rent) · sc alcilai (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · bg дам (to grant occupation in return for rent) · ru сдать (to grant occupation in return for rent) · pl wynająć (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · ro închiria (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · oc logar (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · ar اِسْتَأْجَرَ (to occupy premises in exchange for rent) · hu bérel (to occupy premises in exchange for rent)
Indeed, we could clearly make out the arch and stony banks of this second cave, and, from their rent and jagged appearance, discovered that, like the first long passage down which we had passed through the cliff before we reached the quivering spur, it had to all appearance been torn in the bowels of the rock by the terrific force of some explosive gas. 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “The Spirit of Life”, in She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC, page 286:
Cleopatra is rent by a struggle between her newly-acquired dignity as a queen, and a strong impulse to put out her tongue at him. 1898, George Bernard Shaw, Caesar and Cleopatra:
The oscillations were getting so severe that painters on the bridge learned to tie down their tins before a train passed. They found holes and rents in the iron but never reported them as they were never asked, and it wasn't their job. These were deferential times, and few wanted to talk out of turn. 2020 September 23, Paul Bigland, “The tragic tale of the Tay Bridge disaster”, in Rail, page 81:
The brown paint on the door was so old that the naked wood showed between the rents. 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter X, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
[O]ne streak of copper-coloured light made a narrow rent between sea and sky. 1876, [Mary Elizabeth Braddon], “The Cruel Crawling Foam”, in Joshua Haggard’s Daughter […], volume I, London: John Maxwell and Co. […], →OCLC, page 1:
A division or schism.
[T]he White House was considering sending Vice President Humphrey to Cairo to patch up the many rents in U.S.—Egyptian relations. 2002, Michael B. Oren, Six Days of War: June 1967:
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hu szakadás (tear or rip) · nl schisma (a division or schism between two things.) · la scissūra (tear or rip) · grc ῥῆγμα (tear or rip) · es rasgadura (tear or rip) · bg цепнатина (tear or rip) · de Riss (tear or rip) · da ridse (tear or rip) · fr déchirure (tear or rip) · nl scheur (tear or rip) · ru проре́ха (tear or rip) · ga roiseadh (tear or rip) · ar خَرْق (tear or rip) · it squarcio (tear or rip) · it scissione (tear or rip) · da skisma (a division or schism between two things.) · nl kloof (tear or rip) · it lacerazione (tear or rip) · ota فتق (tear or rip) · nl scheiding (a division or schism between two things.) · el σχίσιμο (tear or rip) · bg разрез (tear or rip) · nl barst (tear or rip) · hu szakadás (a division or schism between two things.) · grc σχίσμα (tear or rip) · hu repedés (tear or rip) · it strappo (tear or rip) · ota چاك (tear or rip) · bg несъгласие (a division or schism between two things.)