Definition of rent

"rent" in the noun sense

1. rent

a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service

2. rip, rent, snag, split, tear

an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

"there was a rip in his pants"

"she had snags in her stockings"

3. economic rent, rent

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

4. rent, rip, split

the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

"he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"

"rent" in the verb sense

1. rend, rip, rive, pull

tear or be torn violently

"We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad"

"The curtain ripped from top to bottom"

"pull the cooked chicken into strips"

2. lease, let, rent

grant use or occupation of under a term of contract

"I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"

3. lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take

engage for service under a term of contract

"We took an apartment on a quiet street"

"Let's rent a car"

"Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

4. rent, hire, charter, lease

hold under a lease or rental agreement of goods and services

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Quotations for rent

Providence is better than rent. [ Proverb ]

He spent Michaelmas rent in Midsummer moon. [ Proverb ]

There is a strength
Deep-bedded in our hearts, of which we reck
But little, till the shafts of heaven have pierced
Its fragile dwelling. Must not earth be rent
Before her gems are found? [ Mrs. Hemans ]

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

He will spend a whole year's rent at one meal's meat. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

They that hold the greatest farms pay the least rent (applied to rich men that are unthankful to God). [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

There is strength deep bedded in our hearts, of which we reck but little till the shafts of heaven have pierced its fragile dwelling. Must not earth be rent before her gems are found? [ Mrs. Hemans ]

Garments that have once one rent in them are subject to be torn on every nail, and glasses that are once cracked are soon broken; such is man's good name once tainted with just reproach. [ Bishop Hall ]

rent in Scrabble®

The word rent is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

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rent in Words With Friends™

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Words containing the sequence rent

Words with rent in them (210 words)

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