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rent¹
- /ˈɹɛnt/
- /ˈɹɪ̟nt/ pin pen merger
Rhymes with -ɛnt
Where it comes from
From Middle English rent, rente, from Old French rente, from Early Medieval Latin rendita, from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere.
noun rents
- A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property. I am asking £300 a week rent.
- A similar payment for the use of a product, equipment or a service.
- 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.
- An object for which rent is charged or paid.
- Income; revenue. So bought an annual rent or two, / And liv'd, just as you see I do.
- An amount of virtual currency paid by a player to preserve their character, inventory, etc. between gameplay sessions in a multi-user dungeon.
verb rents · renting · rented
- To take a lease of premises in exchange for rent. I rented a house from my friend's parents for a year.
- To grant a lease in return for rent. We rented our house to our son's friend for a year.
- 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.
- To be leased or let for rent. The house rents for five hundred dollars a month.
rent²
- /ˈɹɛnt/
- /ˈɹɪ̟nt/ pin pen merger
Rhymes with -ɛnt
Where it comes from
See rend.
noun rents
- A tear or rip in some surface. [O]ne streak of copper-coloured light made a narrow rent between sea and sky.
- 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.
verb
- simple past and past participle of rend
adjective more rent · most rent
- That has been torn or rent; ripped; torn. 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 o
Rent³
proper noun
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: lease, charter, hire, economic rent, take, let, split, engage, tear, ripped, blasted, damaged, rip, torn, leased, rental
Translations
Every language
noun payment made for the use of equipment or a service
| 한국어 | 차임 chaim |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 借り賃 karichin |
| 中文 | 租費 /租费 zūfèi |
| Português | renda, aluguel |
| Français | location |
| Deutsch | Miete, Mietzins |
| Italiano | canone di locazione, nolo, pigione |
| Ελληνικά | ενοίκιο enoíkio, μίσθωμα místhoma |
| Română | rentă |
| Русский | пла́та за прока́т pláta za prokát, прока́т prokát, ре́нта rénta |
| العربية | أُجْرَة ʔujra |
noun payment made by a tenant
| Español | renta, alquiler, arriendo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 임대 imdae |
| 日本語 | 家賃 yachin |
| 中文 | 租金 zūjīn, 房租 fángzū, 租價 /租价 zūjià |
| हिन्दी | भाड़ा bhāṛā, किराया kirāyā |
| Português | renda, aluguel |
| Français | loyer, loyage |
| Deutsch | Miete, Mietzins |
| Italiano | canone, pigione, affitto, fitto |
| Ελληνικά | ενοίκιο enoíkio, μίσθωμα místhoma |
| Română | chirie, locațiune, rentă |
| Русский | кварти́рная пла́та kvartírnaja pláta, квартпла́та kvartpláta, аре́ндная пла́та aréndnaja pláta, аре́нда arénda, ре́нта rénta |
| العربية | أُجْرَة ʔujra, اِسْتَأْجَر istaʔjar, إِيجَار ʔījār |
| עברית | שְׂכַר דִּירָה skhár dirá |
verb to occupy premises in exchange for rent
| Español | alquilar, arrendar, rentar, logar (disused) |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 빌려주다 billyeojuda |
| 日本語 | 賃借する chinshaku suru, 借りる kariru |
| 中文 | 租 zū, 租借 zūjiè, 租賃 /租赁 zūlìn |
| Português | alugar |
| Français | louer |
| Deutsch | mieten |
| Italiano | affittare |
| Ελληνικά | ενοικιάζω enoikiázo |
| Română | închiria, arenda |
| Русский | снима́ть snimátʹ, снять snjatʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | thuê, mướn |
| العربية | اِسْتَأْجَرَ istaʔjara |
| עברית | שכר sakhár |
verb to grant occupation in return for rent
| Español | alquilar, logar (disused), rentar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 임대하다 imdaehada |
| 日本語 | 貸す kasu, 貸し借りする kashikari suru |
| 中文 | 出租 chūzū |
| Português | alugar |
| Français | louer |
| Deutsch | vermieten |
| Italiano | affittare |
| Ελληνικά | μισθώνω misthóno |
| Русский | сдава́ть в аре́нду sdavátʹ v aréndu, сдать в аре́нду sdatʹ v aréndu, сдава́ть внаём sdavátʹ vnajóm, сдать внаём sdatʹ vnajóm, сдава́ть sdavátʹ, сдать sdatʹ |
| العربية | أجَّرَ |
| עברית | השכיר hiskír |
verb obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie
| Español | alquilar, logar (disused), rentar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 租借 zūjiè, 租用 zūyòng, 租賃 /租赁 zūlìn |
| Português | alugar |
| Français | louer |
| Deutsch | mieten |
| Italiano | noleggiare |
| Ελληνικά | ενοικιάζω enoikiázo |
| Русский | брать напрока́т bratʹ naprokát, взять напрока́т vzjatʹ naprokát, нанима́ть nanimátʹ, наня́ть nanjátʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | thuê |
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title = {rent},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rent},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
