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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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n.
a tenant's regular payment to a landlord for the use of property or land.
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a sum paid for the hire of equipment.
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v. [tr.]
pay someone for the use of (something, typically property, land, or a car):
they rented a house together in Spain |
[as adj.] (rented)
a rented apartment.
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(of an owner) let someone use (something) in return for payment:
he purchased a large tract of land and rented out most of it to local farmers.
∎ [intr.]
be let or hired out at a specified rate:
skis or snowboards rent for $60–80 for six days.
PHRASES:
for rent
available to be rented.
rent2
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n.
a large tear in a piece of fabric.
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an opening or gap resembling such a tear:
they stared at the rents in the clouds.
rent3
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past and past participle of rend.
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