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rent

(r/E/nt )

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

source: wordnet30
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart(noun.object)

Synonym:
rip, snag, split, tear

source: wordnet30
the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions(noun.possession)

Synonym:
economic rent

source: wordnet30
the act of rending or ripping or splitting something(noun.act)

Synonym:
rip, split

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An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear.(noun)

source: webster1913
Income; revenue. See Catel.(noun)

source: webster1913
That portion of the produce of the earth paid to the landlord for the use of the "original and indestructible powers of the soil;" the excess of the return from a given piece of cultivated land over that from land of equal area at the "margin of cultivation." Called also economic, or Ricardian, rent. Economic rent is due partly to differences of productivity, but chiefly to advantages of location; it is equivalent to ordinary or commercial rent less interest on improvements, and nearly equivalent to ground rent.(noun)

source: webster1913

let for money(verb.social)

Example:
We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad.

Synonym:
lease

source: wordnet30
grant use or occupation of under a term of contract(verb.possession)

Synonym:
lease, let

source: wordnet30
engage for service under a term of contract(verb.possession)

Example:
Let's rent a car.

Synonym:
charter, engage, hire, lease, take

source: wordnet30
hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services(verb.social)

Synonym:
charter, hire, lease

source: wordnet30
To rant.(verb)

source: webster1913
To tear. See Rend.(verb)

source: webster1913
To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it.(verb)

source: webster1913
To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year.(verb)

source: webster1913