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| rent [ rent ] |
noun (plural rents) |
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1. payment by tenant: a regular payment made by a tenant to an owner or landlord for the right to occupy or use property
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2. payment to use equipment: a regular payment to the owner for the right to use equipment or personal property
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3. profit from cultivated land: the financial return from cultivated land after production costs have been deducted
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4. income of landowners: the portion of the national income that is earned by landowners
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5. economics
Same as economic rent
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle rent·ed, present participle rent·ing, 3rd person present singular rents) |
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1. pay to use somebody's property: to occupy somebody else's property or use somebody else's equipment in return for regular payments
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2. allow use of property for payment: to allow somebody to occupy property or use equipment in return for regular payments
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| [12th century. < French rente< alteration of Latin reddere "give back" (see render)] |
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  rent·a·ble adjective |
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