Meaning of "rent" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RENT

From Old French rente revenue, from Vulgar Latin rendere (unattested) to yield.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF RENT

rent  [rɛnt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RENT

Rent is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb rent in English.

WHAT DOES RENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of rent in the English dictionary

The first definition of rent in the dictionary is a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord or owner for the occupation or use of land, buildings, or by a user for the use of other property, such as a telephone. Other definition of rent is that portion of the national income accruing to owners of land and real property. Rent is also the return derived from the cultivation of land in excess of production costs.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RENT

PRESENT

Present

I rent

you rent

he/she/it rents

we rent

you rent

they rent

Present continuous

I am renting

you are renting

he/she/it is renting

we are renting

you are renting

they are renting

Present perfect

I have rented

you have rented

he/she/it has rented

we have rented

you have rented

they have rented

Present perfect continuous

I have been renting

you have been renting

he/she/it has been renting

we have been renting

you have been renting

they have been renting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I rented

you rented

he/she/it rented

we rented

you rented

they rented

Past continuous

I was renting

you were renting

he/she/it was renting

we were renting

you were renting

they were renting

Past perfect

I had rented

you had rented

he/she/it had rented

we had rented

you had rented

they had rented

Past perfect continuous

I had been renting

you had been renting

he/she/it had been renting

we had been renting

you had been renting

they had been renting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will rent

you will rent

he/she/it will rent

we will rent

you will rent

they will rent

Future continuous

I will be renting

you will be renting

he/she/it will be renting

we will be renting

you will be renting

they will be renting

Future perfect

I will have rented

you will have rented

he/she/it will have rented

we will have rented

you will have rented

they will have rented

Future perfect continuous

I will have been renting

you will have been renting

he/she/it will have been renting

we will have been renting

you will have been renting

they will have been renting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would rent

you would rent

he/she/it would rent

we would rent

you would rent

they would rent

Conditional continuous

I would be renting

you would be renting

he/she/it would be renting

we would be renting

you would be renting

they would be renting

Conditional perfect

I would have rent

you would have rent

he/she/it would have rent

we would have rent

you would have rent

they would have rent

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been renting

you would have been renting

he/she/it would have been renting

we would have been renting

you would have been renting

they would have been renting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you rent
we let´s rent
you rent

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to rent

Past participle

rented

Present Participle

renting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «RENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «rent» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of rent

breach · break · burst · chink · cleavage · cleave · crack · discord · dissension · dissever · disturb · disunity · divide · division · faction · fee · flaw · fracture · gash · hire · hole · lacerate · lease · let · opening · payment · perforation · pierce · pull · rental · rift · rip · rive · rupture · schism · separate · sever · shatter · slash · slit · smash · splinter · split · sublease · sublet · sunder · tariff · tear · wrench

TRANSLATION OF RENT

Find out the translation of rent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of rent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rent» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 租金
• Translator English - Spanish: arriendo
• English: rent
• Translator English - Hindi: किराया
• Translator English - Arabic: إيجار
• Translator English - Russian: арендная плата
• Translator English - Portuguese: aluguel
• Translator English - Bengali: খাজনা
• Translator English - French: loyer
• Translator English - Malay: Sewa
• Translator English - German: Miete
• Translator English - Japanese: 賃貸料
• Translator English - Korean: 임대료
• Translator English - Javanese: Nyewa
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tiền thuê
• Translator English - Tamil: வாடகைக்கு
• Translator English - Marathi: भाडे
• Translator English - Turkish: kira
• Translator English - Italian: affitto
• Translator English - Polish: czynsz
• Translator English - Ukrainian: орендна плата
• Translator English - Romanian: chirie
• Translator English - Greek: ενοίκιο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: huur
• Translator English - Swedish: hyra
• Translator English - Norwegian: leie

10 QUOTES WITH «RENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rent.

1

Gregg Allman

I didn't think we would ever make enough money to pay rent by playing music.

2

Dido Armstrong

Life for rent means that my life isn't really my own, I only rented it for a while, but if I don't manage to buy it, to own it, then nothing of what I think is mine is really mine.

3

Katie Aselton

By the time you are in your thirties, most of the time, you've got a job, you can pay for your rent, you can create this nice world around you. And still, you're only in your thirties - you're not that far away from your twenties, which is when you're making all of your stupid mistakes.

4

Afrika Bambaataa

They allow us to disrespect our Black woman. A lot of these things would be considered criminal if it were to be carried out in the streets. That's like when they tell you after you buy your VHS and you rent movies they tell you not to copy the movies.

5

Bruce Barton

Many a man who pays rent all his life owns his own home; and many a family has successfully saved for a home only to find itself at last with nothing but a house.

6

Benny Blanco

I'm not a huge L.A. fan, but I go there for the winter every year. We usually rent a house and have massive house parties.

7

Benny Blanco

I don't listen to the radio, cause I don't have a driver's license. But if I'm in L.A. or somewhere where we have to rent a car, I'll hear my songs. Sometimes I hear them when I'm in stores, and I'm still like a little kid in a candy shop: 'Oh my God, that's my song!' I don't know how that could ever get old.

8

Wilford Brimley

I've already got my rent paid, and it's too late in my life for me to go around talking up stuff that I don't like or believe in.

9

Kevin Brownlow

I was sent to boarding school - a grim place. The only good thing the headmaster did for us was every Sunday evening in the winter he would show us films in the chapel. He couldn't afford a sound projector, so we saw silent films, which you could then still rent from photographic shops.

10

Cy Coleman

Someone skipped on the rent and they left behind a huge upright piano, which got moved into our apartment so the other apartment could get rented out. I took to it and started playing.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RENT»

Discover the use of rent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Manhattan for Rent, 1785-1850

In this interesting and wide-ranging book, Elizabeth Blackmar investigates the development of New York City's housing market from colonial times to 1850.

Elizabeth Blackmar, 1991

Buy It, Rent It, Profit!: Make Money as a Landlord in ANY ...

From leases to property-evaluation documents, you’ll find a complete tool kit in this book, which contains every form and checklist you need to run a single-unit apartment or an entire rental building.

Bryan M. Chavis, 2009

The Political Economy of Rent-Seeking

It is not surprising, therefore, that this volume is the third edited publication dedicated specifically to scholarship into rent-seeking behavior. The theory of rent-seeking bridges normative and positive analyses of state action.

Charles K. Rowley, Robert D. Tollison, Gordon Tullock, 1988

Rent: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

The story of Mark, Roger, Maureen, Tom Collins, Angel, Mimi, JoAnne, and their friends on the Lower East Side of New York City will live on, along with the affirmation that there is "no day but today.

Jonathan Larson, 2008

The Rentier State in Africa: Oil Rent Dependency and ...

This is a detailed study of the political and economic condition of the Republic of Gabon, focusing on the years of the oil boom (1975-1985).

Douglas Andrew Yates, 1996

Rents, Rent-Seeking and Economic Development: Theory and ...

A critique of economic conventional wisdom about rent-seeking, corruption and the development process.

Mushtaq H. Khan, Jomo Kwame Sundaram, 2000

How to Rent a Negro

The book also serves up photo-dramatizations of some of the popular approaches covered in the book, handy tip-boxes, frequently asked questions for renters and rentals, a How do I know if I'm being rented quiz, a glossary of important terms ...

damali ayo, 2006

40 Years of Research on Rent Seeking 1: Theory of Rent Seeking

Researchers in the field of rent seeking will find it useful to have this collection of texts as a reference manual. The introduction provides a thorough survey of the literature and summarizes the papers included in the two volumes.

Roger D. Congleton, Arye L. Hillman, Kai A. Konrad, 2008

Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent

The story of the actor who portrayed Mark Cohen in "Rent" covers such topics as his Broadway successes, his grief at the death of the production's creator, and his struggles with his mother's life-threatening illness.

Anthony Rapp, 2006

Agricultural Policy, Agribusiness, and Rent-seeking Behavior

The second edition of the groundbreaking Agricultural Policy, Agribusiness, and Rent-Seeking Behaviour expands upon its original analysis of the economic policies that affect agriculture and agribusiness.

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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rent is used in the context of the following news items.

The Average Worker in Pennsylvania Can't Afford Rent

At the same time, rents keep rising because the demand for rental units has increased across the country as the home ownership rate has dropped to its lowest ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»

Rent control to be extended for 4 years

ALBANY — Tenants jittery about the fate of rent protections in New York City finally got some good news from the state Tuesday when Gov. Cuomo and ... «New York Post, Jun 15»

The middle class is struggling to make the rent

Rent prices have been rising faster than paychecks -- especially among the middle class. "Income growth for those folks has been especially weak," said Keith ... «CNNMoney, Jun 15»

Uncertainty Mounting as Little Progress Is Seen in Albany on Rent …

A city board that decides on rent increases is wondering if it will have to postpone its annual vote. Uncertainty and frustration are mounting as state legislators ... «New York Times, Jun 15»

NYC Rent Laws Just Expired. What Happens Now?

Hours before the state's rent-stabilization law expired last night, about 75 people protested outside Governor Cuomo's Manhattan office, demanding that the ... «Gothamist, Jun 15»

In Boston, Renters (And Rents) Are On The Rise But Available Units …

That's because the number of renters in Boston has risen rapidly in recent years, while the number of available rental units has dropped, the report found. «WBUR, May 15»

Big city rents are high, but renters don't seem to mind

Monthly rent for a two-bedroom in San Francisco averages $4,250. Even so, the availability of higher-paying tech jobs, outdoor space and lifestyle caused renter ... «San Jose Mercury News, May 15»

1-in-4 US renters spend half their pay on rent and utilities

Unaffordable Rents_Mill AP Photo/Richard VogelThis Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, photo shows a sign advertising a house for rent in Los Angeles. More than ... «Business Insider, May 15»

You Can Now Rent A Chicken To Get The Freshest Of Fresh Eggs

In all seriousness though, the whole thing is pretty funny — “Rent The Chicken” doesn't roll off the tongue without a giggle, the owner tells the Associated Press. «The Consumerist, Apr 15»

Ed Miliband: I'll peg private rent rises to inflation

Rent rises for 11 million people living in private accommodation will be capped at the rate of inflation if Labour wins the general election on 7 May, Ed Miliband ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»