to rent
352
1.8
- verb
- /rɛnt/
:
alquilar
- I assumed you guys would rent a villa or something.
- landlords rent
- rent or lease
The spaces attracting institutional hosts who rent multiple properties reducing housing stock.
- The spaces attracting institutional hosts who rent multiple properties reducing housing stock.
- He goes and you don't sell your soul, you rent it.
- You know, most people don't know my dad slept on a park bench in Sioux Falls, SD because they went and rent him an apartment.
- This could be such as by selling ads to shady CD key websites or companies that rent computers.
- They have networks stateside that are ready to receive labor force people that they can rent out.
Examples
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If you were a landlord, would you rent to someone who had no address?
Fiction book (1990) -
You gotta have a thousand dollars to rent a car without a credit card, Pete.
Fiction book (1990) -
Look, you can stay here and rent for as long as you like.
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Apparently, they used fake names to rent this place.
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A kid with no parents showed up wanting to rent a room.
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Owners are hoping that units will be rented to foreign tourists and expatriates.
Academic text (1994) -
After spending a year in those conditions, Valeria moved out and now rents a room from a friend.
Academic text (2013) -
You still rent?
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Between fairs, the building was rented for weddings and used as a storage depot.
Academic text (1990) -
They decided to rent a house by the beach for their summer vacation.
Synonyms
∞
6.7
Allow someone to live in or use your house for money
61
3.5
Allow someone to use your property in return for regular payments
50
2.1
Allow someone to use a room or building for money
Antonyms
Idioms
To stay constantly in someone's thoughts and annoy them
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
1
9.2
Trying to get money without creating new value by changing rules or using power
- Formal
1
9.5
To try to get money or benefits without creating new value by using power to change rules
- Archaic
1
9.0
A very high amount people must pay to live in a house or use land that is unfair
- Specialized
Extra money earned from land or another resource above what is needed to keep using it
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rent as a verb meaning 'to let' (to allow someone to use your property for money) shares the same origin as the payment rent, meaning it is about giving or taking a regular 'payment'. So to rent a room to someone is to let them use it in exchange for money.