Meaning of rent In English

• 0 a fixed amount of money that you pay regularly for the use of a room, house, car, television, etc. that someone else owns:

  • I pay a higher rent/more rent than the other tenants because my room is bigger.

  • Rents here are ridiculously high/low.

• 1 a large hole torn in a piece of material:

  • There was a large rent in his parachute.

• 2 to pay or receive a fixed amount of money for the use of a room, house, car, television, etc.:

  • I rented a car from a garage so that I could get about.

  • [ + two objects ] The old lady rented me her spare bedroom for £200 a week.

  • My Dad has a villa that he rents (out) to tourists.

• 3 past simple and past participle of rend old use or literary

• 4 a fixed amount of money paid or received regularly for the use of usually an apartment, house, or business space:

  • [ C ] Rents in this building are ridiculously high.

  • [ U ] How much rent do you pay?

  • [ U ] Are there any apartments for rent (= available) there?

• 5 past simple and past participle of rend

• 6 an amount of money that you pay for the use of something, especially that you pay regularly for the use of a room, house, office, etc. that someone else owns:

  • a fair/high/low rent

  • annual/monthly rent

  • commercial/office rents

  • pay (the) rent The company is renegotiating its finances after struggling to pay the rent on its properties.

  • charge/collect rent Managing the property generally means collecting rent and carrying out maintenance.

• 7 →  rental noun :

  • You will pay no line rent on this phone deal.

• 8 offered by the owner for someone else to use in exchange for money:

  • The restaurant was open 24 hours a day and also had rooms for rent.

• 9 to pay a fixed amount of money regularly for the use of a room, house, office, etc.:

  • Researchers said there was a growing divide between the home-owning majority and people who rent.

  • Regardless of the boom in UK property prices, it is still cheaper to buy rather than rent a house.

  • rent sth from sb She has been renting an apartment from a private landlord through a letting agent.

  • A surprising number of storage units are rented by salesmen.

• 10 to receive an amount of money from somebody for the use of something, especially a room, house, office, etc. that you own:

  • rent sth to sb She runs a commercial real estate company that rents office space to businesses.

  • rent sth for sth She rents out one of her rooms to students.

  • He renovated the three-storey building and rents it out as apartments.

  • Each of these centres rents out farm machinery to local farmers at low cost.

• 11 to pay to use something for a short period of time:

  • rent a car/an automobile I rented a car at Millennium Park and headed off to explore the island.

• 12 to be available for someone to use for a particular amount of money:

  • rent at/for sth The rooms rented at a premium of $25 to $35 over regular rates.

  • rent for sth Rooms that regularly rent for $59 a night suddenly cost $300 a night.