rent
Nouns
- (n) a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
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(n) an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
- there was a rip in his pants
- she had snags in her stockings
- (n) the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions economic rent,
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(n) the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
- he gave the envelope a vigorous rip
Verbs
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(v) let for money
- We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad
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(v) grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
- I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners
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(v) 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?
- (v) hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services charter, hire, lease,