RENT
\ɹˈɛnt], \ɹˈɛnt], \ɹ_ˈɛ_n_t]\
Definitions of RENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"
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a regular payment by a tenant to a landlord for use of some property
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let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad"
By Princeton University
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grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"
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let for money; of housing
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a regular payment by a tenant to a landlord for use of some property
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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, / 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.
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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.
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To rant.
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imp. & p. p. of Rend.
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An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear.
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Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church.
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To tear. See Rend.
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Income; revenue. See Catel.
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Pay; reward; share; toll.
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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.
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To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it.
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To take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the tennant rents an estate of the owner.
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To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year.
By Oddity Software
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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, / 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.
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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.
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To rant.
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An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear.
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Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church.
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To tear. See Rend.
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Income; revenue. See Catel.
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Pay; reward; share; toll.
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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.
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To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it.
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To take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the tennant rents an estate of the owner.
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To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year.
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imp. & p. p. of Rend.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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A tear; a hole or slit made by rending or tearing, especially in cloth; payment at stated times for the use of property.
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To hold in possession by paying for at stated times; hire; as, to rent a house from an owner; to give possession of, in return for regular stated payments; lease; as, to rent a house to a tenant.
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Be leased or let; as, the house rents for $1, 000.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An opening made by rending: fissure: break: tear.
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Annual payment in return for the use of property held of another, esp. houses and lands.
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To hold or occupy by paying rent: to let for a rent.
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To be let for rent.
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Pa.t. and pa.p. of REND.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To obtain or let out for rent; hire.
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To be rented or leased.
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Imp. & pp. or REND, v.
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A hole or slit made by rending.
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The payment periodically made for the use of property. rental.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. A fissure; an opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; —a tear; a split; —a schism; a separation.
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n. [Latin] A certain periodical profit money, previsions, or labour, issuing out of lands and tenements; rental; revenue; —the stipulated sum paid by a tenant annually, quarterly, monthly, or weekly, for the temporary use and possession of lands, moors, houses, rooms, &c.
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