Rent

  

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Rent

Definition: Rent

Rent

Adjective

1. Shattered or torn up or torn apart violently as by e.g. wind or lightning or explosive; "an old blasted apple tree"; "a tree rent by lightning"; "cities torn by bombs"; "earthquake-torn streets".

Noun

1. A regular payment by a tenant to a landlord for use of some property.

2. An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants".

3. The return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions.

4. The act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip".

Verb

1. Let for money; of housing.

2. Grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners".

3. Engage in a commercial transaction; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?".

4. Hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "rent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Rent \Rent\, noun. [French rente, Late Latin renta, from Latin reddita, fem. singular or neut. plural of redditus, past participle of reddere to give back, pay. See Render.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Rent

DomainDefinition

Bible

Rent (Isa. 3:24), probably a rope, as rendered in the LXX. and Vulgate and Revised Version, or as some prefer interpreting the phrase, "girdle and robe are torn [i.e., are 'a rent'] by the hand of violence." Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Dream Interpretation

To dream that you rent a house, is a sign that you will enter into new contracts, which will prove profitable.
To fail to rent out property, denotes that there will be much inactivity in business.
To pay rent, signifies that your financial interest will be satisfactory.
If you can't pay your rent, it is unlucky for you, as you will see a falling off in trade, and social pleasures will be of little benefit. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Finance

Compensation paid the owner of property for the use and/or occupancy of the property. (references)

Statistics

Home repairs and maintenance are included in this index. Source: European Union. (references)

Tips from 1870

Usage: Lease, Let, Rent, Hire. We may lease to or from. "I leased the farm to my neighbor." "I leased this house from Brown." We let to another; as, "I let my house to my cousin." We may rent to or from another. We may hire from another," as, "I hired a servant;" "he hired a boat." With out and reflexively we may hire to another; as," I hired out my horses;" "he hired himself to the miller." Source: Slips of Speech.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Rent

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Rent can refer to:

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Rent (musical)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Rent is a Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, based upon the opera "La Bohème," opening in New York City in 1996. The musical centers around a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive in New York's Alphabet City neighborhood under the shadow of AIDS. (In the opera, the disease was tuberculosis).

The score included the ballad "Seasons of Love," "Rent," "Would You Light My Candle," "I'll Cover You," "La Vie Boheme" and "Santa Fe." The resulting cast album from the show was the most successful recording of an American musical in almost 30 years.

The musical was conceived by Jonathan Larson, a 35-year-old composer who died from an undiagnosed dissecting aortic aneurysm the night before the musical made its Off-Broadway debut. It is believed that this condition resulted from Marfan syndrome.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Rent (musical)."

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Synonyms: Rent

Synonyms: blasted (adj), ripped (adj), torn (adj), economic rent (n), rip (n), split (n), tear (n), charter (v), engage (v), hire (v), lease (v), let (v), take (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Rent

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Borrowing

Hire, rent, farm; take a lease, take a demise; take by the hour, take by the mile, take by the year; hire by the hour, hire by the mile, hire by the year; adopt, apply, appropriate, imitate, make use of, take.

Cheapness

Gratuity; free quarters, free seats, free admission, pass, free pass, free warren, give-away, freebee; run of one's teeth; nominal price, peppercorn rent; labor of love.

Disjunction

Fissure, breach, rent, split, rift, crack, slit, incision.

Interval

Noun: interval, interspace; separation; break, gap, opening; hole; chasm, hiatus, caesura; interruption, interregnum; interstice, lacuna, cleft, mesh, crevice, chink, rime, creek, cranny, crack, chap, slit, fissure, scissure, rift, flaw, breach, rent, gash, cut, leak, dike, ha-ha.

Property

Rent roll; income; (receipts); maul and wedges.

Purchase

Verb: buy, purchase, invest in, procure; rent; (hire); repurchase, buy in.

Receipt

Rent, rent roll; rental, rentage; rack-rent.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Rent

English words defined with "rent": Corn rentDry rentFee farm rent, Fore rent, Forehand rentground rentLife rentrack rent, Rent arrear, Rent charge, rent out, Rent seck, Rent serviceTable rentWhite rent. (references)
Specialty definitions using "rent": acreage rent, Alternative Measures of income, average clausebasic rent, BordariiCatholic Rent, consequential loss, Contract rent, Crop share rentdead rent, Dee Mills, deferred income, Driving for RentELIGIBILITY-AND-OCCUPANCY INTERVIEWER, ex dock, ex pier, ex quayfailure to comply with the regulations governing the protection of tenants of domestic and commercial properties, Farm income, Farm operator, Farmers, Fee-farm-rent, FINANCIAL PLANNER, Fixed Costs, fixturing period, forced sale of collaterals, free-on-quay, F'sgeneral and administrative expenses, GENERAL CAR SUPERVISOR, YARD, Gross rent, GUIDE, HUNTING AND FISHINGHanging Gale, Horse-shoes and Nails, hourly earningsimputed income, imputed rent, income limitsKain Hens, KENT-STREET EJECTMENTlease-purchaseMoonlight Flitting, Mynian SailsNetcom On-line Communication Services, Inc.Peppercorn Rent, Plan of CampaignQuit RentREAL-ESTATE CLERK, Reasons for moving, rental agreement, Rental vacancy rate, Renter-occupied housing unit, Rural rental assistancesample data, Section 521 rental assistance, Section 533 grants, sleeping rent, snake statement, STORAGE-FACILITY RENTAL CLERKtenant-farmed agricultural areausufructuary leasevacancy factor, Vacancy statusWroth Money. (references)
Etymologies containing "rent": rente. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Rent" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Swedish (cleanly, clear, purely).

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Modern Usage: Rent

DomainUsage

Screenplays

They never rent anything good either (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith)

The article got me a book deal with a little cash up front, but between the rent and the convertible the advance was gone (Kalifornia; writing credit: Tim Metcalfe. Starring Brad Pitt as Early Grayce, Juliette Lewis as Adele Corners, David Duchovny as Brian Kessler, and Michelle Forbes as Carrie Laughlin.)

I think I saw him in Rent, or Stomp, or Clomp, or some piece of crap like that (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

I've already paid a month's rent on the battlefield (Duck Soup; writing credit: Bert Kalmar ; Harry Ruby)

Sure, we can rent a tub. (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

Lyrics

I love paying rent when tha rents due (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac)

So much for the late rent, (Extra Ordinary; performing artist: Better Than Ezra)

Can't pay my rent, cause all my money's spent (Still Fly; performing artist: Big Tymers)

The landlord say your rent is late ("Don't Worry Be Happy"; performing artist: Bobby McFerrin)

One kid helps pay the rent (Only In America; performing artist: Brooks & Dunn)

Clever

Sure, you may not like working here, but we pay your rent. (references; author: unknown)

A neurotic is a man who builds a castle in the sky. Psychotic is the man who lives in it. And a psychiatrist collects the rent. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Room for Rent (1974)

Free Rent (1936)

Husbands for Rent (1927)

Rooms for Rent (1927)

Rumors for Rent (1927)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Rent

DomainTitle

References

  • Electro Rent Corp.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Rent A Center Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Nishio Rent All Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Chicken: Self-Portrait of a Young Man for Rent (reference)

  • Rent (reference)

  • Rent Easy Piano Selections (reference)

  • Rent Two Films and Let's Talk in the Morning: Using Popular Movies in Psychotherapy, 2nd Edition (reference)

  • The Rose Rent (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Rent

Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Rent

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Small recreational fishing boats for rent at Mystic Harbor. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Ski Boats for rent on the shores of Key Biscayne. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Fishing poles for rent at Deebold's Marina. Credit: Fisheries.

Gertie. Gertie gazing into store with cat and sign "to rent" then holding rental office clerk at gunpoint to get cat out. Credit: Library of Congress.

They could not eat a pyramid, or wear it, or live in it : not even Pharoaoh could sell it, rent it, liquidate it. Credit: Library of Congress.

Three men at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., with tent and sign reading, "People of Madison! Vets in tent need rooms to rent ...". Credit: Library of Congress.

Kitchen of an apartment available for rent in the District of Columbia. Credit: Library of Congress.

Type house at Garden Homes, Arvin (Kern County) California. This is an Farm Security Administration housing project for low income farm workers. Rent of eight dollars and twenty cents monthly includes electricity and water. Credit: Library of Congress.

Garage on J.H. and Ellis Cline's farm in northeastern part of Ringgold County, Iowa. They rent one hundred eighty acres of land from an estate. Credit: Library of Congress.

For ett rent och tryggat liv : Kristliga forbundet. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Rent
 

"Bicycle Cab Depot" by Erika Thorpe
Commentary: "This is the place where Bicycle cabbies rent or buy their bikes in downtown San Diego."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Rent

AuthorQuotation

Frank Lloyd Wright

It is a great monument to the power of money and greed...a race for rent.

Henry David Thoreau

I have been breaking silence these twenty-three years and have hardly made a rent in it.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

A great pilot can sail even when his canvas is rent.

Muhammad Ali

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Rent

AuthorDateQuotation

Magna Carta

1215

Neither we nor our bailiffs will seize any land or rent for any debt, as long as the chattels of the debtor are sufficient to repay the debt; nor shall the sureties of the debtor be distrained so long as the principal debtor is able to satisfy the debt; and if the principal debtor shall fail to pay the debt, having nothing wherewith to pay it, then the sureties shall answer for the debt; and let them have the lands and rents of the debtor, if they desire them, until they are indemnified for the debt which they have paid for him, unless the principal debtor can show proof that he is discharged thereof as against the said sureties. (reference)

John Locke

1690

Supposing the conqueror gives to one man a thousand acres, to him and his heirs for ever; to another he lets a thousand acres for his life, under the rent of 501. (Second Treatise of Government)

Communist Manifesto

1848

From the moment when labour can no longer be converted into capital, money, or rent, into a social power capable of being monopolised, i.e., from the moment when individual property can no longer be transformed into bourgeois property, into capital, from that moment, you say individuality vanishes. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Rent

TitleAuthorQuote

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

He wrung his hoofs, he rent his hair, Because he could not jump

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

The other tenants had moved away or died, or had been turned out for not paying their rent.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Many a man is harassed to death to pay the rent of a larger and more luxurious box who would not have frozen to death in such a box as this

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Rent

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Before buying a filtering device, the patient should rent one and use it in a closed room (the bedroom, for instance) for a month or two to see whether allergy symptoms diminish. (references)

Individual counseling occurs once a week, and group therapy sessions are held three times a week. After 2 months of day treatment and at least 2 weeks of abstinence, participants graduate to a 4-month work component that pays wages that can be used to rent inexpensive, drug-free housing. (references)

Business

Some distributors offer products for sale or for rent. Others only focus on sales. (references)

The largest expenses are rent for office space and housing, and expatriate salaries and benefits. (references)

Most of the low-end cranes are owned by the end-users who prefer to rent or lease expensive, high-end cranes. (references)

Civil Liberties

Russia

Such groups continued to face discrimination in their ability to rent premises and conduct group activities. (references)

Georgia

Organizations that are not registered may not rent office space or import literature, among other activities. (references)

Hong Kong

The group's applications to rent both government-administered and privately owned facilities were repeatedly turned down. (references)

Economic History

Moldova

U.S. companies may rent or buy office equipment locally. (references)

Kazakhstan

Foreigners may rent agricultural land for up to 10 years. (references)

Burma

By law, foreigners may not own land, and may only rent property on a short-term basis. (references)

Human Rights

Chile

Those with sufficient funds often can rent space in a better wing of the prison. (references)

Bangladesh

The women insisted that they had a right to re-enter the premises that they used to rent. (references)

Oman

The Rent Dispute Committee has been abolished; the courts of general jurisdiction may hear cases involving rent disputes. (references)

Minorities

Moldova

They must pay rent for their facilities and meet local curriculum requirements, building codes, and safety standards. (references)

Greece

Roma frequently face discrimination in employment and in housing, particularly when attempting to rent accommodations. (references)

Russia

Chechen IDP's and the Civic Assistance Committee for migrants reported that Chechens face great difficulty in finding lodging in Moscow and frequently are forced to pay at least twice the usual rent for an apartment. (references)

Political Economy

PORTUGAL

Along with widespread rent controls, basic food and utility subsidies, and phased implementation of an assured minimum income, the minimum wage affords a basic standard of living for a worker and family. (references)

THE BAHAMAS

The majority of videos available for rent are the result of unauthorized copying videotapes from promotional tapes provided by movie distributors, U.S. hotel "pay-for-view" movies and shows, or satellite transmissions. (references)

Trade

Jamaica

Garmex Free Zone has a total building area of 520,087 sq. ft. Total space available for rent is 24,000 sq. ft. The average size of the factory ranges from 8,000 - 42,000 sq. ft. There are three garment companies currently operating in the free zone. (references)

Travel

Mauritius

Visitors can rent cellular telephones. (references)

Ghana

Advances of one to three years' rent are common. (references)

Chad

Cars with a driver are available for rent at major hotels. (references)

Women

Guyana

Similarly, tenancy orders require an abuser to leave a rented dwelling and to continue to pay some or all of the rent. (references)

Worker Rights

Korea

Wages are not the primary form of compensation since the State provides all educational and medical needs free of charge, while only token rent is charged. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Rent

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953If we expect to maintain a steady economy we shall have to maintain price and rent control for many months to come.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Rent

"Rent" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 83.38% of the time. "Rent" is used about 3,030 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)83.38%2,5263,598
Lexical Verb (infinitive)9.36%28417,292
Lexical Verb (base form)6.07%18422,714
Lexical Verb (past participle)0.73%2274,468
Noun (proper)0.43%1397,576
Lexical Verb (past tense)0.03%1339,140
                    Total100.00%3,030N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Rent

CountryNameCountryName
Japan

Nishio Rent All Co., Ltd.

USA

Electro Rent Corp.

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Rent

Expressions using "rent": apartment for rent apartment to rent arrears in rent back rent basic rent be rent Black rent blasted rent ripped torn consumer's rent Corn rent Dry rent economic or Ricardian rent economic rent farm rent Fee farm rent for rent Fore rent Forehand rent grazing rent ground rent house for rent implicit rent imputed rent land rent Life rent low rent housing monthly rent pay smb.'s rent peppercorn rent Producer's rent rack rent rent a car rent a condominium rent a house rent allowance rent arrear rent book rent boy rent charge rent collector rent control rent decontrol rent deregulation rent free rent furniture rent in kind rent out rent rebate rent receipt rent review rent roll rent rooms rent seck rent service rent tribunal ricardian rent Table rent to rent white rent. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "rent": rent-a-baggy, rent-a-beating, rent-a-car, rent-a-cause, rent-a-coach, rent-a-colonel, rent-a-crowd, rent-a-gob, Rent-a-guard, Rent-a-hoot, rent-a-mob, rent-a-mobs, rent-a-picket, Rent-a-plot, rent-a-principle, rent-a-quote, rent-a-rant, rent-a-role, Rent-a-room, rent-a-speech, Rent-a-van, Rent-a-womb, rent-back, rent-book, rent-boy, rent-charges, rent-collection, rent-collector, rent-collectors, rent-control, rent-controlled, rent-free, rent-income, rent-paying, rent-pooling, rent-raising, rent-rebate, rent-reduced, rent-roll, rent-seekers, Rent-seeking, rent-subsidy.

Ending with "rent": ground-rent, low-rent.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Rent

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

apartment for rent

8,610

budget rent car

399

house for rent

6,893

rent way

381

enterprise rent a car

5,335

nation rent

381

rent

4,703

rent dvd online

368

home for rent

4,510

condo for rent

363

dollar rent a car

4,265

budget rent

342

rent car

2,518

rent musical

322

rent a center

2,109

dvd rent

317

national rent a car

1,646

van rent

315

alamo rent a car

1,388

negro rent

310

avis rent a car

1,232

negro.com rent

309

rent to own

1,215

enterprise rent

285

hertz rent a car

1,187

rent a truck

277

rent a wreck

1,078

lyrics for rent

257

advantage rent a car

849

aaron rent

227

rooms for rent

624

townhomes for rent

207

thrifty rent a car

605

rent movie

205

rent rv

583

cottage for rent

198

room for rent

562

rent cottage ontario

190

rent to own home

456

rent house to own

179
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Rent

Language Translations for "rent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

rentë (unearned income), jepem me qira (be for hire), dhënie me qira, e çarë (aperture, breach, chap, chink, cranny, crevice, cut, rift, shake, slit, slot), grabit (amputate, depredate, deprive, despoil, flay, fleece, loot, rabble, ransack, Raven, ravish, reave, reive, rip off, Rob, sack, subtract), grabitje (abduction, depredation, despoilment, despoliation, hold up, looting, pillage, piracy, plunder, ransack, rapine, robbery, sack, sacking, spoliation), gris (clip, rend, rip, rip up, shred, slit, split, tear, torn), grisje (laceration, rip, slit, tear, tore), çarje (break, breaking, cleavage, cleft, cut, dissection, fissure, fracture, gap, gulf, incision, opening, orifice, rift, slash, split, splitting, wedge), jap me qira (demise, hire, lease, let, let out, Lodge, underlet), vrimë (aperture, bore, dump, ear, excavation, eye, eyehole, eyelet, gap, hole, leak, mesh, mortise, mouth, notch, notching, nozzle, open, opening, orifice, Peck, perforation, pinhole, prick, puncture, recession, shell-hole, slit, slot, tear, vent, venthole), marr me qira (charter, hire, lease, take a lease), pagim për dhënie me qira, plasë (chink, crack, cranny, crevice, fissure, leak, rift), pronë e palëvizshme që sjell të ardhura, qira (hire, lease, residential rental), të ardhura nga pronë, i çjerrë (cracked, lacerate, piping, strident, throaty). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

اجرة (fee, hire), ‏كان معد للإيجار, ‏ممزق (disrupted, indented, jagged, lacerate, lacerated, ragged, riven, ruptured, shredded, tattered, torn), ‏مزق (cut up, disrupt, fracture, jag, lacerate, pull apart, pull to pieces, quarter, rend, rip, rip apart, rive, rupture, sever, shred, tatter, tear, tear to pieces, tear up, unrip, unseam), ‏مشقوق (broken, cleft, cracked, split, splitting, torn), ‏صدع (breach, chasm, check, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, fault, fissure, flaw, rift, split), ‏خرق (breach, break, breaking, infraction, infringe, infringement, pierce, puncture, riddle, transgress, transgression, violation), ‏إيجار (leasehold), ‏إنقسام (cleavage, divide, division, fission, schism, split), ‏إنشقاق (cleavage, desertion, dissent, dissepiment, dissidence, fissure, schism, scission, separation, split, split up, splitting), ‏إستأجر (charter, hire, lease, recruit, wage), ‏أجرة (pay, wage, wages), ‏أجر (charter, farm out, hire, let, lodge, room), ‏ريع (income, increase). (various references)

   

Asturian

  

arrendar (to rent). (various references)

   

Bemba

  

ukwashima (to rent). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

вземам наем, дупка (cavity, chamber, delve, dump, earth, gap, hole, hutch, leak, mesh, opening, perforation, pit, pore, scoop, tear, vent), държа под наем, пролука (aperture, chink, crack, cranny, flaw, gap, leak, slot), процеп (chimney, crevice, pole, shaft), аренда (copyhold, holding, lease), наем (hire, lease, render, rental), давам под наем (freight, hack, hire, job, lease, let), вземам под наем (lease), съдрано място (rip, tear), цепнатина (chink, cleavage, cleft, crack, cracking, fissure, flaw, leak, rift, shake, slash, slit, slot), разрив (disruption, divorcement, interruption, rift), рента (rental), скъсан (ragged), скъсано място (tear), съдран (jagged, jaggy, tattered), несъгласие (clash, discord, discrepancy, disharmony, dissent, jar, non-compliance, odds, split, unwillingness, variance). (various references)

   

Cebuano

  

moabang (to rent). (various references)

   

Chamorro

  

para ma atkila (to rent). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

租金 , 租赁 (leaseholder, Rented, renting), (taxes). (various references)

   

Cornish

  

rentya (to rent). (various references)

   

Czech

  

renta (allowance, income), trhlina (breach, chink, cleft, crack, crevasse, crevice, gap, gash, Lacuna, rift, rip, rupture, snag, split, tear), propachtovat si, pronajmout (hire out, let, rent out), najmout (engage, hire), nájemné (rental), èinže (rental), škvíra (cranny, slot). (various references)

   

Danish

  

leje (hire, rental). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

huur (hire, rent money, rental). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

luprezo (rent money), lupago. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

at leiga (to rent). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

منافع (Revenue), مال الاجاره , کرایه کردن (Hire, Lease), کرایه (Fare, Freight, Hire, Lease, Portage), اجاره کردن (Tenant), اجاره دادن (Lease, Let), اجاره (Hire, Lease). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

vuokra (hire, lease). (various references)

   

French

  

loyer (rent money, rental), fermage (farm rent). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

hier (hair, hire, rental). (various references)

   

German

  

Miete (charge, clamp, lease, leasing, rental), Pacht (lease, leasehold, rental), mieten (charter, employ, engage, hire, lease, leasing, to engage, to rent), vermieten (hire, hire out, lease, let, let out, letting, rent out), pachten (farm, lease, take a lease on). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ενοίκιο (rental), νοίκι, μίσθωμα (rental), ενοικιάζω (hire, lease, let, let out, rent out). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מקורע (torn), לשכור (hire, lease), לחכור (hire, lease), להשכיר (hire, let), שכירות (hire, lease, tenancy), שכירה (hire, hiring), שכר דירה, השכיר (lease), דמי שמוש, דמי שכירות (rental). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

lakbér. (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

leigu (for hire, for rent), leigja (hire, let, rent out). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

menyewakan, koyakan. (various references)

   

Inuktitut

  

attuqtuaqluni (to rent). (various references)

   

Irish

  

cíos (rent money). (various references)

   

Italian

  

affitto (hire, lease, let, tenancy), noleggiare (charter, engage, freight, hire, hire out, lease, rent out), affittare (hire, lease, let, rent out). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

家賃. (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しようりょう (amount used, hire), さけめ (crack, tear), ばだい (cover charge), かしりょう (loan charges), かしちん (charges), かりちん (hire), やぶれめ (split, tear), やちん, ちんがし (hire, lease). (various references)

   

Kongo

  

ku-futila (to rent). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

지대. (various references)

   

Macedonian

  

iznajmi (to rent). (various references)

   

Manx

  

skort (chasm, cleft, cleft in rock, fissure, rift), scolt, scelp (lash), rast (cancelled, ripped), raipit (lacerated, mangled, ripped, torn), mayl (rental), cur er mayl, cummal er mayl. (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

leie (hire, lease, rent money). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

hür (hire, let, rent out, rental). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

entray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

aluguel (hire, lease, rental, renting), renda (accrual, endowment, finance, income, lace, render, revenue). (various references)

   

Provencal

  

logar (to rent). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

rupturã (breach, break, breaking, cleavage, discontinuance, disruption, failure, hole, inrush, rag, rend, rift, rip, rupture, slit, tear), rupere (alienation, break down, breakage, laceration, rupture, split, tearing), rentã (revenue, settlement, supply), venit (capital, catch, emoluments, gain, income, receipt, revenue, yield), trecut şi participiu trecut de la rend, spãrturã (blank, breach, break, chasm, cranny, flaw, gap, leak), sfâşiere (laceration, rend), schismã (schism, scission), fixa o chirie, fi închiriat, dare (assessment, barter, duty, ejaculation, giving, rendering, rendition, scot, tax, taxation), crãpãturã (breach, break, chasm, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevasse, crevice, eyehole, fissure, flaw, loophole, Nick, rift, slit, slot, split, yawn), chirie (hire, lease, tenancy), arendã (land rent, lease, occupancy, occupation, tenancy), închiria (freight, hack, hire, job, lease, occupy, take, tenant). (various references)

   

Romansch

  

fittar (to rent). (various references)

   

Ruanda

  

gukotesha (to rent). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

несогласие (incompliance, jar, negative), дыра (dump, hole, jag, tear), прокат, прореха (rip, tear), аренда (hire, lease, occupancy, rental), арендная плата (rental), арендовать (lease, take on lease), арендовать....арендная плата, доход (gain, gainings, income, incomings, proceeds, profit, profitability, profits, revenue, yield), нанимать (contracted by, employ, engage, hire, sign on, take), снять (dismount, doff, film, get off, pull off, remove, shoot, take off, uncover, unhang), квартирная плата (residential rental), квартирный, трещина (cavity, chap, check, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, fissure, flaw, fracture, joint, rift, slit, split, vug), щель (areaway, call slot, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, fissure, flaw, gap, hiatus, interstice, notch, peep, rift, slit, slit trench, slot), разрез (cut, cutaway, cutting, gash, incision, layer, placket, rip, section, slash, snip), рента, снимать (demount, dismast, dismount, doff, film, get off, pull off, remove, shoot, skimming, take off, uncover, unhang, unhung, vail), наем (employment, hire, lease). (various references)

   

Samoan

  

e mau totogi (to rent). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

màl (tax, tribute), càin (a fine, a tax, revile, scold, tax, tribute, white: from Latin ca@-nus). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

rentirati, renta, zakupnina (leasehold, premium), zakupiti (charter, lease, take a lease), zakup (charter, hire, holding, lease, tenancy), uzeti pod zakup, u najam (hire: for hire), pukotina (cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, fissure, flaw, gap, leak, seam), pod kirijom, najam (hire, lease), kirija, iznajmiti (charter, lease, take a lease), izdavati (get out, hand out). (various references)

   

Shona

  

-tera (to rent). (various references)

   

Somali

  

kiradu. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

renta (allowance, income, pension, rental, revenue, unearned income), alquiler (charter, hire, leasing, let, rental, renting). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

hyra (berth, charter, hire, lease, Lodge, rent money, rental, residential rental, room, tenant), arrendeavgift (farm). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yarık (breach, chap, chappy, chasm, chink, cleft, cloven, cranny, crevasse, crevice, cut, fissure, gash, hiatus, incision, interstice, rift, scissure, shake, slit, slot, split, tear, vent), yırtık (rip, rupture, slash, slit, tear), parçalanma (being broken, being torn, breakup, crash, disintegration, disjunction, dismemberment, disruption, fragmentation, schism, smash, smash up, split, split up), kiraya vermek (farm, farm out, hire out, job, lease out, let, let out, let out on hire), kiraya verilmek (let), kiralamak (affreight, buy, charter, hire, hire on, job, lease, tenant), kira getirmek, kira bedeli (lease, rental), kira (hire, rental), gedik (breach, crevice, inroad, Nick, notch), fikir ayrılığı (clash of ideas, collision, conflict, difference, disaccord, discord, dissidence, divergence, divergency, variable), dargınlık (anger, bad blood, gall, huff, huffiness, ill blood, resentment), bozuşma (disagreement, dissension, embroilment, quarrel, split, strife), bölünme (cleavage, division, fission, schism, schizo-, secession, segmentation, separation, split, splitting). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

kдrende tцlegi. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

рента, квартирна плата, орендувати, здавати внайми (hire out), прокат (hire, milling), давати напрокат (charter). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự cướp đoạt (despoiliation, despoilment, rapine, ravishment, spoliation, usurpation), khe lá chỗ nẻ. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

rhwyg (breach, rupture, schism), rhentu, rhent, ardrethu, ardreth. (various references)

   

Yucatec

  

mahantik (let, rent out). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Rent

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

3. ma. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

conducat, conducebant, conducebat, conducentes, conducere, conducerent, conducta, conducto, conductum, conduxerint, conduxerunt, conduxeruntque, conduxi, conduxissent, conduxit, lacero, mercede, mercedem, mercedes, mercedibus, mercedis, merces. (various references)

Old French900-1400

pension. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Rent

LanguageDateSourceMark Chapter 15, Verse 38
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai to katapetasma tou naou escisqh eiV duo apo anwqen ewV katw
Latin405VulgateEt velum templi scissum est in duo a sursum usque deorsum
Old English990West SaxonÆnd þas temples wah-irift wæs to-slitenon twa of ufewearden odðe niðeweard.
Middle English1395WyclifAnd the veil of the temple was rent atwo fro the hiyeste to bynethe.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd the vayle of the temple dyd rent in two peces from the toppe to the boottome.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd the vail of the temple was rent in two, from the top to the bottom.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Rent

LanguageMark Chapter 15, Verse 38
CebuanoUg ang tabil sa templo nagilis sa duha ka bahin gikan sa taas ngadto sa ubos.
CroatianI zavjesa se hramska razdrije nadvoje, odozgor dodolje.
DanishOg Forhænget i Templet splittedes i to fra øverst til nederst.
DutchEn het voorhangsel des tempels scheurde in tweeen, van boven tot beneden.
FinnishMutta kun sadanpäämies, joka seisoi häntä vastapäätä, näki hänen näin antavan henkensä, sanoi hän: "Totisesti tämä ihminen oli Jumalan Poika".
FrenchLe voile du temple se déchira en deux, depuis le haut jusqu`en bas.
GaelicAgus sthracadh brat an teampuill na dha leth bho bhraighe gu iochdar.
GermanUnd der Vorhang im Tempel zerriß in zwei Stücke von obenan bis untenaus.
Haitian CreoleRido ki te nan tanp lan chire an de moso depi anwo jouk anba.
HungarianÉs a templom kárpítja fölétõl aljáig ketté hasada.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariGorden yang tergantung di dalam Rumah Tuhan sobek menjadi dua dari atas sampai ke bawah.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka tirai Bait Allah cariklah terbelah dua, dari atas sampai ke bawah.
LatvianUn priekðkars dievnamâ pârplîsa divâs daïâs no augðas lîdz apakðai.
MaoriA ka wahia te arai o te temepara i waenganui pu mai i runga ki raro.
NorwegianOg forhenget i templet revnet i to stykker fra øverst til nederst.
PortugueseEntão o véu do santuário se rasgou em dois, de alto a baixo.   
RumanianPerdeaua dinlquntrul Templului s`a rupt kn douq de sus pknq jos.
ShuarTúramtai Yusa Uunt Jeen ejamu ninki jaanakmiayi, Yakíya Nunká.
SwahiliBasi, pazia la Hekalu likapasuka vipande viwili toka juu mpaka chini.
SwedishDå rämnade förlåten i templet i två stycken, uppifrån och ända ned.
UmaNto'u toe, kain porini-olo' to tetoe hi rala Tomi Alata'ala mobika' ntongo' ngkai lolo-na rata hi une' -na.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Rent

Derivations

Words beginning with "rent": rentabilities, rentability, rentable, rental, rentals, rente, rented, renter, renters, rentes, rentier, rentiers, renting, rents. (additional references)

Words ending with "rent": abhorrent, adherent, afferent, apparent, belligerent, besprent, brent, cobelligerent, coherent, concurrent, coparent, countercurrent, crosscurrent, current, decurrent, deferent, deterrent, different, efferent, excurrent, gerent, godparent, grandparent, horrent, houseparent, inapparent, incoherent, incurrent, indifferent, inherent, intercurrent, irreverent, nonbelligerent, noncoherent, nonconcurrent, noncurrent, nonrecurrent, occurrent, parent, photocurrent, quitrent, recurrent, referent, reverent, semitransparent, sprent, stepparent, subrent, supercurrent, torrent, transparent. (additional references)

Words containing "rent": abhorrently, adherently, adherents, afferently, afferents, apparently, apparentness, apparentnesses, apprentice, apprenticed, apprentices, apprenticeship, apprenticeships, apprenticing, belligerently, belligerents, biparental, biparentally, brents, circumferential, cobelligerents, coherently, concurrently, concurrents, conferential, coparents, countercurrently, countercurrents, crosscurrents, currently, currentness, currentnesses, currents, cytodifferentiation, cytodifferentiations, dedifferentiate, dedifferentiated, dedifferentiates, dedifferentiating, dedifferentiation, dedifferentiations, deferential, deferentially, deferents, deterrently, deterrents, differentia, differentiabilities, differentiability, differentiable, differentiae. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Rent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ar'nt, crent, Drent, ent, Erentz, irent, orent, prent, raent, ranit, raut, reat, rect, reen, reent, reet, reft, regt, reht, Reit, Rejt, reknit, reln, relt, rena, renat, renc, renet, reni, renit, renk, renna, renot, rens, Rentco, renw, Reny, renz, reot, rept, resnt, Retb, retna, rett, rewn, rewt, rhen, rhet, riant, rinot, rint, Rinty, rjet, rnta, ronnt, runtl, runto, ryen, urent. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Rent"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "rent" (pronounced re"nt)
4r e" n tBrent.
3-e" n taccent, ascent, assent, augment, bent, cement, cent, circumvent, consent, Dement, Dent, descent, discontent, dissent, event, extent, ferment, gent, indent, intent, invent, Kent, lament, lent, malcontent, meant, misrepresent, misspent, nonevent, occident, outspent, overspent, pent, percent, prevent, reinvent, relent, repent, represent, resent, scent, sent, spent, tent, underwent, unspent, vent, went.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Rent

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: tern.

Words within the letters "e-n-r-t"

-1 letter: ern, net, ret, ten.

-2 letters: en, er, et, ne, re.

 Words containing the letters "e-n-r-t"
 

+1 letter: antre, brent, enter, entry, inert, inter, nerts, nertz, niter, nitre, noter, rente, rents, stern, tenor, terne, terns, toner, treen, trend, trine, trone, tuner.

 

+2 letters: anther, antler, antres, ardent, argent, arpent, astern, atoner, banter, brents, brunet, bunter, burnet, canter, carnet, center, centra, centre, cornet, cretin, engirt, enrapt, enroot, entera, enters, entire, entrap, entree, errant, estrin, eterne, extern, garnet, gentry, gerent, gurnet, hinter, hornet, hunter, inerts, insert, intern, inters, invert, learnt, linter, marten, mentor, minter, natter, nature, neater, nectar, nester, nestor, nether, netter, neuter, niters, nitery, nitres, norite, noters, nother, nutter, orient, ornate, parent, pterin, punter, ranted, ranter, ratine, ratten, recant, recent, regent, reknit, relent, remint, renest, rennet, rental, rented, renter, rentes, repent, resent, retain, retene, retina, retine, retint, retorn, retune, return, rident, rodent, rotten, runlet, sentry, sinter, sprent, sterna, sterns, stoner, strewn, tanker, tanner, tanrec, tavern, teener, tender, tenner, tenors, tenour, tenrec, tenser, tensor, tenter, tenure, ternes, thenar, throne, tinder, tinier, tinker, tinner, tinter, toners, tonger, tonier, tonner, torten, trance, treens, trench, trends, trendy, trepan, triene, triens, trined, trines, triune, trones, tuners, tureen, turned, turner, twiner, uniter, unrent, unrest, untrue, urgent, venter, wanter, winter.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Speeches
14. Usage Frequency
15. Names: Company Usage
16. Expressions
17. Expressions: Internet
18. Translations: Modern
19. Translations: Ancient
20. Bible Trace
21. Derivations
22. Rhymes
23. Anagrams
24. Bibliography


  

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