rent

Definitions of rent in various dictionaries:

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

noun - the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions

noun - the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

verb - let for money

verb - grant use or occupation of under a term of contract

verb - engage for service under a term of contract

verb - hold under a lease or rental agreement

verb - tear or be torn violently

Payment, usually of an amount fixed by contract, made by a tenant at specified intervals in return for the right to occupy or use the property of another.

A similar payment made for the use of a facility, equipment, or service provided by another.

The return derived from cultivated or improved land after deduction of all production costs.

The revenue yielded by a piece of land in excess of that yielded by the poorest or least favorably located land under equal market conditions.

To obtain occupancy or use of (another’s property) in return for regular payments.

To be for rent: The cottage rents for $200 a month.

An opening made by rending; a rip.

A breach of relations between persons or groups; a rift.

adj - to obtain temporary use of in return for compensation [v -ED, -ING, -S] : RENTABLE