'Rent' definitions:

Definition of 'rent'

From: WordNet
noun
A payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
noun
An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" [syn: rip, rent, snag, split, tear]
noun
The return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions [syn: economic rent, rent]
noun
The act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" [syn: rent, rip, split]
verb
Let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad" [syn: rent, lease]
verb
Grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners" [syn: lease, let, rent]
verb
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?" [syn: lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take]
verb
Hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services [syn: rent, hire, charter, lease]

Definition of 'Rent'

From: GCIDE
  • Rent \Rent\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rented; p. pr. & vb. n. Renting.] [F. renter. See Rent, n.]
  • 1. To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the tennant rents an estate of the owner. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rent'

From: GCIDE
  • Rent \Rent\, v. i. To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rent'

From: GCIDE
  • Rend \Rend\ (r[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rent (r[e^]nt); p. pr. & vb. n. Rending.] [AS. rendan, hrendan; cf. OFries. renda, randa, Fries. renne to cut, rend, Icel. hrinda to push, thrust, AS. hrindan; or cf. Icel. r[ae]na to rob, plunder, Ir. rannaim to divide, share, part, W. rhanu, Armor. ranna.]
  • 1. To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock in blasting; lightning rends an oak. [1913 Webster]
  • The dreadful thunder Doth rend the region. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force. [1913 Webster]
  • An empire from its old foundations rent. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • I will surely rend the kingdom from thee. --1 Kings xi. 11. [1913 Webster]
  • To rap and rend. See under Rap, v. t., to snatch. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To tear; burst; break; rupture; lacerate; fracture; crack; split. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rent'

From: GCIDE
  • Rent \Rent\ (r[e^]nt), v. i. To rant. [R. & Obs.] --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rent'

From: GCIDE
  • Rent \Rent\ (r[e^]nt), imp. & p. p. of Rend. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rent'

From: GCIDE
  • Rent \Rent\ (r[e^]nt), n. [From Rend.]
  • 1. An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear. [1913 Webster]
  • See what a rent the envious Casca made. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Fissure; breach; disrupture; rupture; tear; dilaceration; break; fracture. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rent'

From: GCIDE
  • Rent \Rent\ (r[e^]nt), v. t. To tear. See Rend. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rent'

From: GCIDE
  • Rent \Rent\ (r[e^]nt), n. [F. rente, LL. renta, fr. L. reddita, fem. sing. or neut. pl. of redditus, p. p. of reddere to give back, pay. See Render.]
  • 1. Income; revenue. See Catel. [Obs.] "Catel had they enough and rent." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • [Bacchus] a waster was and all his rent In wine and bordel he dispent. --Gower. [1913 Webster]
  • So bought an annual rent or two, And liv'd, just as you see I do. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Pay; reward; share; toll. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Death, that taketh of high and low his rent. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Law) A certain periodical profit, whether in money, provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and tenements in payment for the use; commonly, a certain pecuniary sum agreed upon between a tenant and his landlord, paid at fixed intervals by the lessee to the lessor, for the use of land or its appendages; as, rent for a farm, a house, a park, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The term rent is also popularly applied to compensation for the use of certain personal chattels, as a piano, a sewing machine, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Polit. Econ.) (a) That portion of the produce of the earth paid to the landlord for the use of the "original and indestructible powers of the soil;" the excess of the return from a given piece of cultivated land over that from land of equal area at the "margin of cultivation." Called also economic rent, or Ricardian rent. Economic rent is due partly to differences of productivity, but chiefly to advantages of location; it is equivalent to ordinary or commercial rent less interest on improvements, and nearly equivalent to ground rent. (b) Loosely, a return or profit from a differential advantage for production, as in case of income or earnings due to rare natural gifts creating a natural monopoly. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • Black rent. See Blackmail, 3.
  • Forehand rent, rent which is paid in advance; foregift.
  • Rent arrear, rent in arrears; unpaid rent. --Blackstone.
  • Rent charge (Law), a rent reserved on a conveyance of land in fee simple, or granted out of lands by deed; -- so called because, by a covenant or clause in the deed of conveyance, the land is charged with a distress for the payment of it. --Bouvier.
  • Rent roll, a list or account of rents or income; a rental.
  • Rent seck (Law), a rent reserved by deed, but without any clause of distress; barren rent. A power of distress was made incident to rent seck by Statute 4 George II. c. 28.
  • Rent service (Eng. Law), rent reserved out of land held by fealty or other corporeal service; -- so called from such service being incident to it.
  • White rent, a quitrent when paid in silver; -- opposed to black rent. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rent'

From: Easton
  • Rent (Isa. 3:24), probably a rope, as rendered in the LXX. and Vulgate and Revised Version, or as some prefer interpreting the phrase, "girdle and robe are torn [i.e., are 'a rent'] by the hand of violence."

Synonyms of 'rent'

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Words containing 'Rent'