rent

See also: Rent

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English

Pronunciation

• enPR: rĕnt, IPA^(key): /ɹɛnt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

rent (countable and uncountable, plural rents)

1. 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.

2. A similar payment for the use of equipment or a service.
3. (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.

4. An object for which rent is charged or paid.
5. (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 terms

Derived terms

• rental

• renting

• rent-seeking

• rent strike

Translations

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

• 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)
• 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

• Swedish: hyra (sv) c
• Telugu: అద్దె (te) (adde)
• Ukrainian: прока́т (prokát), ре́нта (rénta)
• Walloon: louwaedje m

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To occupy premises in exchange for rent.
2. (transitive) To grant occupation in return for rent.
3. (transitive) To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.
4. (intransitive) To be leased or let for rent.

   The house rents for five hundred dollars a month.

Translations

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: kiven
• 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 (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
• 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: kiadó (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
• 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)
• 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
• 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

See also

• hire

Etymology 2

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

Noun

rent (plural rents)

1. 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.

2. 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.

Translations

a tear or rip

• Dutch: scheur (nl), barst (nl), kloof (nl)
• French: déchirure (fr) f
• German: Riss (de) m
• Greek: σχίσιμο (el) n (schísimo)

  Ancient: σχίσμα n (skhísma)

• Irish: roiseadh m
• Italian: strappo (it) m, squarcio (it) m, lacerazione (it) f, scissione (it) f
• Latin: scissūra f
• Russian: проре́ха (ru) f (proréxa)
• Spanish: rasgadura (es) f

A division or schism between two things.

• Dutch: scheiding (nl), schisma (nl)

Verb

rent

1. simple past tense and past participle of rend

Anagrams

• tern, tren

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Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /rɛnt/

Verb

rent

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of rennen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of rennen

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

rent

1. neuter singular of ren

Adverb

rent

1. purely

Verb

rent

1. past participle of renne

References

• “ren” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Swedish

Adjective

rent

1. absolute indefinite neuter form of ren.

Adverb

rent (comparative renare, superlative renast)

1. cleanly
2. purely