rental

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rental

  • /ˈɹɛntəl/

Rhymes with -ɛntəl

noun rentals

  1. countable, uncountable Something that is rented. It's just a rental, so I don't need to take very good care of it.
  2. countable, uncountable The payment made to rent something. On a grass roots level we are making the film available at a nominal rental to gay organizations, student groups, and religious affiliates so that gay people and their straight friends can see GAY USA now.
  3. countable, uncountable A business that rents out something to its customers.
  4. countable, uncountable An act of renting.
  5. countable, uncountable A player traded to a team with a year or less on his contract [When the trade deadline approaches], Everyone wants to talk about which preening millionaire is going to be shipped out of town because he can't get along with his GM, or what veteran is going to finally get a shot at a Cup, or which guy is going to a contender as a "rental." Sure, it's gossip. Is

adjective

  1. not comparable Relating to rent.
  2. not comparable Relating to renting. Deep welfare cuts and rising rents have resulted in a growing gap in many areas of the country between what help people on low incomes receive to cover their housing and what that housing actually costs in the private rental sector.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: renting, letting, lease, rents, leased, rent, lessee, tenant, tenancy, leasehold, chartered, leaseback, charter, rateable, hire, tenure

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noun something rented

Españolalquiler
한국어임대 imdae, 렌털 renteol
日本語レンタル rentaru, 賃貸し chingashi
Portuguêsaluguer
Русскийаре́нда arénda

noun payment

日本語賃貸料 chintairyō

noun business

Portuguêslocadora
DeutschVerleih

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@misc{rental_2026,
  title = {rental},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rental},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}