Phonetics:
Meanings:
noun
Definition: A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property.
Definition: A similar payment for the use of equipment or a service.
Definition: A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business.
Example: A New York city taxicab license earns more than $10,000 a year in rent.
Definition: An object for which rent is charged or paid.
Definition: Income; revenue.
verb
Definition: To occupy premises in exchange for rent.
Example: I rented a house from my friend’s parents for a year.
Definition: To grant occupation in return for rent.
Example: We rented our house to our son’s friend for a year.
Definition: To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.
Definition: To be leased or let for rent.
Example: The house rents for five hundred dollars a month.