rent
[verb]
Synonyms:
- hire, charter, lease, let
[noun]
Synonyms:
- hire, fee, lease, payment, rental
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[noun]
tear, gash, hole, opening, rip, slash, slit, split

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English Thesaurus: cost, price, value, charge, fee, ...

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I. rent¹ S2 W3 /rent/ verb

1. [intransitive and transitive] to regularly pay money to live in a house or room that belongs to someone else, or to use something that belongs to someone else:
Most students rent rooms in their second year.
I’d rather have my own house than rent.
rent something from somebody
Some farmers rent their land from the council.

2. (also rent out) [transitive] to let someone live in a house, room etc that you own, or use your land, in return for money Synonym : let British English
rent something (out) to somebody
She rents out two rooms to students.

3. [transitive] especially American English to pay money for the use of something for a short period of time Synonym : hire British English:
Will you rent a car while you’re in Spain?

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II. rent² S2 W3 noun
[Sense 1-3: Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: rente, from Vulgar Latin rendita, from Latin reddere; ⇒ render]
[Sense 4: Date: 1500-1600; Origin: rend]

1. [uncountable and countable] the money that someone pays regularly to use a room, house etc that belongs to someone else:
I pay the rent at the beginning of every month.
rent of
an annual rent of £8,000

2. [uncountable and countable] especially American English an amount of money that you pay to use a car, boat etc that belongs to someone else:
The rent was only $20 an hour.

3. for rent available to be rented:
Luxury villas for rent.

4. [countable] formal a large tear in something made of cloth:
huge rents in the curtains

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III. rent³
the past tense and past participle of rend

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rent
noun
ADJ. exorbitant, high The tenants were not prepared to pay the higher rents demanded.
affordable, low | nominal, peppercorn | fair | reduced | increased | rising Discontent resulted from sharply rising rents.
fixed | annual, monthly, weekly | initial The initial rent will be reviewed annually.
back, outstanding, unpaid | farm, ground, house/housing, land, office
VERB + RENT pay | afford He couldn't afford the rent by himself.
be/fall behind with, owe You put your tenancy at risk if you fall behind with the rent.
charge The rent charged depends largely on the size and locality of the flat.
collect The landlord came around to collect the month's rent.
receive The council receives rent on local property that it owns.
fix The rent will be fixed at 18% of the market value of the property.
increase, push up, put up, raise The large stores have pushed up the rents in the area. The new lease will put her rent up to £200 a week.
calculate, determine
RENT + VERB be/fall due, be payable The rent will fall due on the last day of the quarter.
go up, increase, rise Their rent has increased from £5,200 to £8,600 a year.
fall
RENT + NOUN money, payment | arrears | level They took the landlord to court over increasing rent levels.
increase, rise | review | allowance, rebate, subsidy | control | collection | strike | man Thousands try to avoid the rent man so they can have more cash to spend.
PREP. in ~ The company has paid out a lot of money in rent.
~ for The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.
~ from They earned rent from their property in London.
~ on the rent on a factory
PHRASES arrears of rent to be liable for arrears of rent
a month's/week's/year's rent, the non-payment/payment of rent The movement advocated the non-payment of rent and taxes.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

rent
verb
BAD: If you like riding, there are horses you can rent.
GOOD: If you like riding, there are horses you can hire.
BAD: How much will it cost to rent some skis?
GOOD: How much will it cost to hire some skis?

Usage Note:
See note at HIRE 1 (hire)

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cost the amount of money you need to buy or do something. Cost is usually used when talking in a general way about whether something is expensive or cheap rather than when talking about exact prices:
The cost of running a car is increasing.
the cost of raw materials
price the amount of money you must pay for something that is for sale:
They sell good-quality clothes at reasonable prices.
the price of a plane ticket to New York
value the amount of money that something is worth:
A new kitchen can increase the value of your home.
charge the amount that you have to pay for a service or to use something:
Hotel guests may use the gym for a small charge.
bank charges
fee the amount you have to pay to enter a place or join a group, or for the services of a professional person such as a lawyer or a doctor:
There is no entrance fee.
The membership fee is £125 a year.
legal fees
fare the amount you have to pay to travel somewhere by bus, plane, train etc:
I didn’t even have enough money for my bus fare.
fare increases
rent the amount you have to pay to live in or use a place that you do not own:
The rent on his apartment is $800 a month.
rate a charge that is set according to a standard scale:
Most TV stations offer special rates to local advertisers.
toll the amount you have to pay to travel on some roads or bridges:
You have to pay tolls on many French motorways.
cost a lot
Their hair products are really good but they cost a lot.
not cost much
Second hand clothes don’t cost much.
cost something per minute/hour/year etc
Calls cost only 2p per minute.
cost something per person
There’s a one-day course that costs £80 per person.
cost something per head (=per person)
The meal will cost about £20 per head.
not cost (somebody) a penny (=cost nothing)
Using the Internet, you can make phone calls that don’t cost a penny.
cost a fortune/cost the earth (=have a very high price)
If you use a lawyer, it will cost you a fortune.
cost a bomb/a packet British English (=have a very high price)
He has a new sports car that must have cost a bomb.
cost an arm and a leg (=have a price that is much too high)
A skiing holiday needn’t cost you an arm and a leg.
be especially spoken to cost a particular amount of money:
These shoes were only £5.
be priced at something to have a particular price – used when giving the exact price that a shop or company charges for something:
Tickets are priced at $20 for adults and $10 for kids.
retail at something to be sold in shops at a particular price – used especially in business:
The scissors retail at £1.99 in department stores.
sell/go for something used for saying what people usually pay for something:
Houses in this area sell for around £200,000.
fetch used for saying what people pay for something, especially at a public sale:
The painting fetched over $8,000 at auction.
A sports car built for Mussolini is expected to fetch nearly £1 million at auction.
set somebody back something informal to cost someone a lot of money:
A good set of speakers will set you back around £150.
come to if a bill comes to a particular amount, it adds up to that amount:
The bill came to £100 between four of us.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

rent to pay money to use a house, room, vehicle, piece of equipment, area of land etc:
He rented a room in a house on the Old Kent Road.
They flew out to New York and rented a car at the airport.
hire British English to pay money to use a car or a piece of clothing or equipment for a short period of time:
Why don't we hire a van for the day?
You can hire suits for weddings.
lease to have a legal agreement under which you pay money to a person or company in order to use a building, area of land, vehicle, piece of equipment etc for a fixed period of time :
They leased the offices from an American company.
The car is leased from BMW.
rent/rent something out to allow someone to use a house, room, vehicle, piece of equpiment, area of land etc in return for money:
She rents the flat out to students.
let/let something out to allow someone to use a room, house, building etc in return for money:
Some people don't want to let rooms to foreigners.
They let the house out while they were on holiday.
lease/lease something out to make a legal agreement which allows a person or company to use something that you own for a fixed period of time:
Santa Clara ' s Redevelopment Agency leased the existing city golf course to developers.
high
Rents in the city centre are very high.
low
Our workers get low rents and other advantages.
exorbitant (=extremely high)
Some landlords charge exorbitant rents.
fixed
The rent is fixed for three years.
affordable (=which people can easily pay)
The government plans to provide more homes at affordable rents.
the annual/monthly/weekly rent
Our annual rent is just over $15000.
ground rent British English (=rent paid to the owner of the land that a house, office etc is built on)
There is an additional ground rent of £30 per month.
a peppercorn rent British English (=an extremely low rent)
The colonel let us have the cottage for a peppercorn rent.
back rent (=rent you owe for an earlier period)
Mrs Carr said she is still owed several thousand dollars in back rent.
the rent is due (=it must be paid at a particular time)
The rent is due at the beginning of the week.
pay the rent
She couldn’t afford to pay the rent.
increase/raise the rent (also put up the rent British English)
The landlord wants to put up the rent.
fall behind with the rent/get behind on the rent (=fail to pay your rent on time)
You could be evicted if you fall behind with the rent.
collect the rent
His job is to collect the rents from the tenants.
the rent increases/goes up
The rent has gone up by over 50% in the last two years.
a rent increase
How can they justify such big rent increases?
rent arrears British English (=money that you owe because you have not paid your rent)
The most common debts were rent arrears.
a rent book British English (=a book that shows the payments you have made in rent)
cost the amount of money you need to buy or do something. Cost is usually used when talking in a general way about whether something is expensive or cheap rather than when talking about exact prices:
The cost of running a car is increasing.
the cost of raw materials
price the amount of money you must pay for something that is for sale:
They sell good-quality clothes at reasonable prices.
the price of a plane ticket to New York
value the amount of money that something is worth:
A new kitchen can increase the value of your home.
charge the amount that you have to pay for a service or to use something:
Hotel guests may use the gym for a small charge.
bank charges
fee the amount you have to pay to enter a place or join a group, or for the services of a professional person such as a lawyer or a doctor:
There is no entrance fee.
The membership fee is £125 a year.
legal fees
fare the amount you have to pay to travel somewhere by bus, plane, train etc:
I didn’t even have enough money for my bus fare.
fare increases
rate a charge that is set according to a standard scale:
Most TV stations offer special rates to local advertisers.
toll the amount you have to pay to travel on some roads or bridges:
You have to pay tolls on many French motorways.

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