- rent⇄adj. torn; split.
Ex. a rent shirt.
verb the past tense and past participle of rend.
Ex. The tree was rent by the wind. - rent⇄expr. for rent, that can be had in return for rent paid.
Ex. That vacant apartment is for rent. - rent⇄noun 1. a regular payment for the use of property.
Ex. Rent for that six-room apartment is $500 a month.
2. (Economics.)
a. what is paid for the use of natural resources.
b. economic rent.
3. a house or other property fo - rent⇄noun 1. a torn place; tear; split.
Ex. a rent in a shirt. See what a rent the envious Casca made (Shakespeare).
(SYN) breach.
2. a break of relations; separation; schism; rupture. - rent⇄rent (1), noun, verb.
- rent⇄rent (2), noun, adjective, verb.
- rent⇄v.i. to be rented.
Ex. This farm rents for $1,500 a year. - rent⇄v.t. 1. to pay at regular times for the use of (property).
Ex. We rent a house from them.
2. to receive regular pay for the use of (property).
Ex. The landlord rents several other houses.