Meaning

8 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.

    I am asking £300 a week rent.

    Miete, Mietzins

    кварти́рная пла́таkvartírnaja pláta, квартпла́таkvartpláta, аре́ндная пла́таaréndnaja pláta

    оре́ндаorénda, кварти́рна пла́таkvartýrna pláta, квартпла́таkvartpláta

    a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service

  2. (countable, uncountable)A similar payment for the use of a product, equipment or a service.

    Miete, Mietzins

    пла́та за прока́тpláta za prokát, прока́тprokát, ре́нтаrénta

    прока́тprokát, ре́нтаrénta

  3. (countable, uncountable)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.

  4. (countable, uncountable)An object for which rent is charged or paid.

  5. (countable, uncountable)An amount of virtual currency paid by a player to preserve their character, inventory, etc. between gameplay sessions in a multi-user dungeon.

  6. A tear or rip in some surface.

    Riss

    проре́хаproréxa

  7. A division or schism.

  8. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Income; revenue.

Examples

1163 sentences

  1. I'd like to rent a car.

    Я хотів би взяти машину напрокат. — deniko

    ruЯ бы хотел взять напрокат автомобиль. — Arkadeko

    deIch würde gerne ein Auto mieten. — MUIRIEL

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  2. Tom wanted to rent a car.

    Том хотів взяти машину напрокат. — deniko

    ruТом хотел взять напрокат машину. — marafon

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  3. I don't have to pay rent.

    Я не маю платити ренту. — deniko

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  4. I need to rent a car.

    Мені потрібно взяти напрокат машину. — deniko

    ruМне нужно взять напрокат машину. — marafon

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  5. Tom still hasn't paid his rent.

    Том і досі не заплатив за квартиру. — deniko

    deTom hat seine Miete noch nicht bezahlt. — wolfgangth

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
payment made by a tenant:
payment made for the use of equipment or a service:
Русский
By meaning 3
payment made by a tenant:
payment made for the use of equipment or a service:
tear or rip:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
payment made by a tenant:
tear or rip:

Origin

From Middle English rent, rente, from Old French rente, from Early Medieval Latin rendita,

From Middle English rent, rente, from Old French rente, from Early Medieval Latin rendita, from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere.

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Forms

plural: rents
Singularrent
Pluralrents

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of rending or ripping or splitting something:ripsplit
  • an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart:ripsnagsplittear-n
  • the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions:economic rent

Word family

37 related words
Relatedrental
Derivedantirentbase rentblack rentchief rentdry renteconomic rentforerentfor rentground renthigh-rentliferentpeppercorn rentquasi-rentrack rentrentbackrent boyrentchargerent controlrent-controlledrent-freerent freezerenthouserentingrentless

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • pay his rent
  • rent a car
  • to rent a
  • pay the rent
  • pay my rent
  • rented an an
  • rented a room
  • want to rent
  • rent a house
  • rent a rowboat
  • pay your rent
  • rent a boat

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
renovationrenownC1renownedrentalB2renter

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