VERB | social | rent, lease | let for money |
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possession | rent, lease, let | grant / grant / grant use or occupation of under a term of contract | |
possession | rent, lease, hire, charter, engage, take | engage for service under a term of contract | |
social | rent, hire, charter, lease | hold under a lease or rental agreement | |
NOUN | possession | rent | a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service |
object | rent, rip, snag, split, tear | an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart | |
possession | rent, economic rent | the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions | |
act | rent, rip, split | the act of rending or ripping or splitting something |
Sounds | reh'nt | |
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Rhymes | accent ... vent: 69 rhymes with ehnt... |
Meaning | A payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service. | |
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Narrower | ground rent | Payment for the right to occupy and improve a piece of land |
peppercorn rent | Very low or nominal rent | |
rack rent | An extortionate rent | |
Broader | annuity in advance | An annuity paid in a series of more or less equal payments at the beginning of equally spaced periods |
Spanish | alquiler, renta | |
Catalan | lloguer | |
Adjectives | rental | of or relating to rent |
Verbs | rent | engage for service under a term of contract |
rent | grant / grant / grant use or occupation of under a term of contract | |
rent | hold under a lease or rental agreement | |
rent | let for money |
Meaning | An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart. | |
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Synonyms | rip, snag, split, tear | |
Broader | opening, gap | An open or empty space in or between things |
Spanish | desgarrón, rasgadura, rasgón | |
Catalan | esquinç, estrip |
Meaning | The return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions. | |
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Synonym | economic rent | |
Broader | return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff | The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property |
Spanish | plusvalía, renta diferencial |
Meaning | The act of rending or ripping or splitting something. | |
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Synonyms | rip, split | |
Broader | tear | The act of tearing / tearing |
Spanish | abertura, hendidura, raja, rasgadura | |
Catalan | esquinçada, estripada |
Meaning | Let for money. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
Example | "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad" | |
Synonym | lease | |
Broader | contract, undertake | Enter into a contractual arrangement |
Spanish | alquilar, arrendar | |
Catalan | arrendar, llogar | |
Nouns | rent | a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service |
renter | an owner of property who receives payment for its use by another person | |
renting | the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car) |
Meaning | grant / grant / grant use or occupation of under a term of contract. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
Model | They rent cars to the tourists; They rent the tourists their cars | |
Synonyms | lease, let | |
Narrower | sublet, sublease | lease / lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person |
Broader | give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody |
See also | rent out | grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee |
Spanish | alquilar, arrendar | |
Catalan | arrendar, llogar | |
Nouns | rent | a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service |
renter | an owner of property who receives payment for its use by another person |
Meaning | Engage for service under a term of contract. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
Example | "Let's rent a car" | |
Synonyms | lease, hire, charter, engage, take | |
Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
Spanish | alquilar, arrendar, contratar | |
Catalan | arrendar, llogar | |
Nouns | rent | a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service |
rental | the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car) | |
renter | someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else |
Meaning | hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
Synonyms | hire, charter, lease | |
Broader | contract, undertake | Enter into a contractual arrangement |
Spanish | alquilar, arrendar | |
Catalan | arrendar, llogar | |
Nouns | rent | a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service |
renter | someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else |
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