1. A payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
   "The tenants paid their monthly rent to the landlord"
    
2. The return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions
   "The fertile valley provided significant economic rent compared to nearby rocky terrain";
   - economic rent
    
3. An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
   "there was a rent in his pants";
   - rip, snag, split, tear
    
4. The act of rending, ripping or splitting something
   "The rent in the fabric needed immediate repair";
   - rip, split

1. Let for money
   "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad";
   - lease
    
2. Grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
   "I am renting my country estate to some foreigners";
   - lease, let
    
3. Engage for service under a term of contract
   "Let's rent a car";
   - lease, hire, charter, engage, take
    
4. Hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
   "They rented a car for their vacation";
   - hire, charter, lease

1. Tear or be torn violently
   "The curtain rent from top to bottom";
   - rip, rive [archaic], pull

Derived forms: rented, renting, rents

See also: farm out

Type of: acquire, annuity in advance, bust [informal], contract, gap, get, give, issue, opening, payoff, proceeds, return, rupture, snap, take, takings, tear, undertake, yield

Encyclopedia: Rent