rent

See also: Rent

EnglishEdit

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PronunciationEdit

enPR: rĕnt, IPA^(key): /ɹɛnt/
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Rhymes: -ɛnt

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English rent, rente, from Old English renta, from Old French rente and Medieval Latin renta, both from Vulgar Latin *rendere, from Latin reddere, present active infinitive of reddō.

NounEdit

rent (countable and uncountable, plural rents)

A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 17, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
  This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything.
A similar payment for the use of equipment or a service.
(economics) A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business.
A New York city taxicab license earns more than $10,000 a year in rent.
An object for which rent is charged or paid.
(obsolete) Income; revenue.
- Gower
  [Bacchus] a waster was and all his rent / In wine and bordel he dispent.
- Alexander Pope
  So bought an annual rent or two, / And liv'd, just as you see I do.

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

payment made by a tenant

Arabic: أُجْرَة‎ f (ʾujra), اِسْتَأْجَر‎ m (istaʾjar)
Bulgarian: на́ем (bg) m (náem)
Catalan: lloguer (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 租金 (zh) (zūjīn), 房租 (zh) (fángzū), 租價 (zh), 租价 (zh) (zūjià)
Czech: nájemné (cs) n, nájem (cs) m
Danish: leje c, husleje c
Dutch: huur (nl) m
Esperanto: luo
Finnish: vuokra (fi)
French: loyer (fr) m
Galician: alugueiro (gl) m
Gallurese: accoldu
German: Miete (de) f, Mietzins (de) m
Greek: ενοίκιο (el) n (enoíkio)
Hebrew: שכר דירה‎ (he) m (skhár dirá)
Hindi: भाड़ा (hi) m (bhāṛā)
Hungarian: lakbér (hu)
Icelandic: leiga f
Irish: cíos m
Italian: affitto (it) m, fitto (it) m
Japanese: 家賃 (ja) (やちん, yachin)
Korean: 임대 (ko) (imdae)
Kurdish:
Sorani: کرێ‎ (ku) (krê)

Latvian: noma (lv) f
Luxembourgish: Loyer m
Macedonian: кирија f (kirija), станарина f (stanarina), закупнина f (zakupnina) (commercial premises)
Maori: rēti
Persian: کرایه‎ (fa) (kerâya), اجاره‎ (fa) (ejâre)
Portuguese: renda (pt) f, aluguel (pt) m
Romanian: chirie (ro) f, locațiune (ro) f, rentă (ro) f
Russian: кварти́рная пла́та f (kvartírnaja pláta) (only when renting a flat), квартпла́та (ru) f (kvartpláta) (only when renting a flat), аре́ндная пла́та f (aréndnaja pláta), аре́нда (ru) f (arénda), ре́нта (ru) f (rénta)
Sardinian:
Campidanese: pesòni

Logudorese: pesòne
Scottish Gaelic: màl m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кѝрија f, стана̀рина f

Roman: kìrija (sh) f, stanàrina (sh) f
Slovak: nájomné
Spanish: renta (es) f, alquiler (es)
Swedish: hyra (sv) c
Telugu: అద్దె (te) (adde)
Tibetan: ཁང་གླ (khang gla)
Ukrainian: оре́нда (uk) (orénda), карти́рна пла́та (kartýrna pláta)
Urdu: بھاڑا‎ m (bhāṛā), کرایہ‎ m (kirāyā)
Walloon: louwaedje m, louwî m, trecins (wa) m
Yiddish: דירה־געלט‎ n (dire-gelt)

payment made for the use of equipment or a service

Arabic: أُجْرَة‎ f (ʾujra)
Bulgarian: на́ем (bg) m (náem), ре́нта (bg) f (rénta)
Catalan: lloguer (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 租費 (zh), 租费 (zh) (zūfèi)
Czech: nájemné (cs) n, nájem (cs) m
Danish: leje c
Finnish: vuokra (fi)
German: Miete (de) f, Mietzins (de) m
Greek: ενοίκιο (el) n (enoíkio), μίσθωμα (el) n (místhoma)
Hungarian: bérleti díj
Irish: cíos m
Japanese: 借り賃 (かりちん, karichin)
Kurdish:
Sorani: کرێ‎ (ku) (krê)

Latvian: noma (lv) f
Macedonian: наемнина f (naemnina)
Portuguese: renda (pt) f, aluguel (pt) m
Romanian: rentă (ro) f
Russian: пла́та за прока́т f (pláta za prokát), прока́т (ru) m (prokát), ре́нта (ru) f (rénta)
Scottish Gaelic: màl m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: најамнѝна f

Roman: najamnìna (sh) f
Slovak: nájomné
Swedish: hyra (sv) c
Telugu: అద్దె (te) (adde)
Ukrainian: прока́т (prokát), ре́нта (rénta)
Walloon: louwaedje m

VerbEdit

rent (third-person singular simple present rents, present participle renting, simple past and past participle rented)

(transitive) To occupy premises in exchange for rent.
(transitive) To grant occupation in return for rent.
(transitive) To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.
(intransitive) To be leased or let for rent.
The house rents for five hundred dollars a month.

TranslationsEdit

to occupy premises in exchange for rent

Arabic: اِسْتَأْجَرَ‎ (istaʾjara)
Bulgarian: нае́мам (bg) (naémam), нае́ма (bg) (naéma)
Catalan: llogar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 租 (zh) (zū), 租借 (zh) (zūjiè), 租賃 (zh), 租赁 (zh) (zūlìn)
Czech: pronajmout
Danish: leje
Dutch: huren (nl)
Esperanto: lui (eo)
Finnish: vuokrata (fi)
French: louer (fr)
Galician: alugar (gl)
Gallurese: affittà, affittà
Georgian: ქირაობს (kiraobs)
German: mieten (de)
Greek: ενοικιάζω (el) (enoikiázo)
Hebrew: שכר‎ (he) (sakhár)
Hungarian: kivesz (hu), bérbe vesz, bérel (hu), kibérel (hu)
Icelandic: leigja (is)
Italian: affittare (it)
Japanese: 賃借する (ja) (ちんしゃくする, chinshaku suru), 借りる (ja) (かりる, kariru)

Korean: 빌려주다 (billyeojuda)
Kurdish:
Sorani: کرێ گرتن‎ (ku) (krê girtin)
Latvian: nomāt (lv)
Luxembourgish: lounen
Macedonian: изнајмува (iznajmuva) (residential), закупува (zakupuva) (commercial)
Maltese: kera
Persian: کرایه کردن‎ (fa) (kerâya kardan), اجاره کردن‎ (fa) (ejâre kardan)
Portuguese: alugar (pt)
Romanian: închiria (ro), arenda (ro)
Russian: снима́ть (ru) impf (snimátʹ), снять (ru) pf (snjatʹ)
Sardinian:
Campidanese: arrendare, allogare, alcilai, allogai

Logudorese: arrendare, allogare
Sassarese: affittà, affittà
Scottish Gaelic: gabh air mhàl
Slovak: prenajímať si, prenajať si
Spanish: alquilar (es), arrendar (es), rentar (es)
Swedish: hyra (sv)
Tibetan: གླས (glas)
Ukrainian: зніма́ти (znimáty), винайма́ти (vynajmáty)

to grant occupation in return for rent

Bulgarian: отда́вам (bg) (otdávam), отда́м (otdám), да́вам (bg) (dávam), дам (bg) (dam)
Catalan: llogar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 出租 (zh) (chūzū)
Danish: leje ud
Esperanto: luigi
French: louer (fr)
Galician: alugar (gl)
German: vermieten (de)
Greek: μισθώνω (el) (misthóno)
Hebrew: השכיר‎ (hiskír)
Hungarian: kiad (hu), bérbe ad (hu)

Italian: affittare (it)
Japanese: 貸す (ja) (かす, kasu), 貸し借りする (かしかりする, kashikari suru)
Korean: 임대하다 (ko) (imdaehada)
Maori: rēti
Persian: اجاره دادن‎ (fa) (ejâre dâdan)
Portuguese: alugar (pt)
Russian: сдава́ть в аре́нду impf (sdavátʹ v aréndu), сдать в аре́нду pf (sdatʹ v aréndu), сдава́ть внаём impf (sdavátʹ vnajóm), сдать внаём pf (sdatʹ vnajóm), сдава́ть (ru) impf (sdavátʹ), сдать (ru) pf (sdatʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: thoir seachad air mhàl
Slovak: prenajať, prenajímať
Spanish: alquilar (es)
Swedish: hyra ut (sv)
Ukrainian: здава́ти (zdaváty)

obtain/have temporary possession of an object such as a movie

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: нае́мам (bg) (naémam), нае́ма (bg) (naéma), зае́мам (bg) (zaémam), зае́ма (bg) (zaéma)
Catalan: llogar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 租借 (zh) (zūjiè), 租用 (zh) (zūyòng), 租賃 (zh), 租赁 (zh) (zūlìn)
Dutch: verhuren (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: vuokrata (fi)
French: louer (fr)
Galician: alugar (gl)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can

German: mieten (de)
Greek: ενοικιάζω (el) (enoikiázo)
Hungarian: kibérel (hu), bérel (hu), kölcsönöz (hu)
Italian: noleggiare (it)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: брать напрока́т impf (bratʹ naprokát), взять напрока́т pf (vzjatʹ naprokát), нанима́ть (ru) impf (nanimátʹ), наня́ть (ru) pf (nanjátʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: gabh air mhàl
Slovak: požičať si, požičiavať si
Spanish: alquilar (es)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: винайма́ти (vynajmáty), дава́ти напрока́т (daváty naprokát)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle English renten (“to tear”). Variant form of renden.

NounEdit

rent (plural rents)

A tear or rip in some surface.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 10
  The brown paint on the door was so old that the naked wood showed between the rents.
A division or schism.
- 2002, Michael B. Oren, Six Days of War: June 1967:
  […] the White House was considering sending Vice President Humphrey to Cairo to patch up the many rents in U.S.—Egyptian relations.