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to rent out

to rent out

50 2.1
Allow someone to use a room or building for money
  • phrasal verb
  • /rɛnt aʊt/
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  • Hey, man, Janet's been trying to rent out that old goat barn.

That shop and flat I rented out and I swear this is the truth.

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Examples

  • Buzzcar lets people rent out their own cars to their friends and neighbors.

  • Many own a second home there, which they rent out in the summer at eye-popping prices.

    Blog text (25)

  • The next idea is to rent out your storage space.

  • And he wanted to just take a break from work and rent out his apartment.

  • Why do you want to rent out a school?

    Logan (2010)

  • We are hoping to have the house ready to rent out by January 1, 2013.

    Blog text (14)

  • If you can rent it out and make a profit, fantastic.

  • When landlords rent out their property, they do not give it up completely.

    Academic text (1991)

  • This is our second home and we're also renting it out on Airbnb.

    Silicon Valley Girl

  • My brother wants to rent out his apartment while he's studying abroad.

Synonyms

to let
vsto rent out
  • UK
∞ 6.7

Allow someone to live in or use your house for money

allows use for payment without stressing a formal contract
to rent
vsto rent out
352 1.8

To allow someone to use a house or room in return for money

allows use for payment but focuses on property rather than goods
to lease
vsto rent out
61 3.5

Allow someone to use your property in return for regular payments

focuses on allowing use for payment generally, not only land agreements
to hire out
vsto rent out
  • UK
5 3.9

Rent something you own or your services to someone for a short time

offers use for payment but focuses on property use, not services

Antonyms

to keep
∞ 1.0

To continue doing something or stay in the same state

How Long

to lease
61 3.5
to rent out
50 2.1
to let
  • UK
∞ 6.7

Surface Forms

rent out infinitive
rented out past
rented out past participle
renting out present participle
rents out third person singular

Morphology

rent + out

The meaning 'to allow someone to use property in exchange for payment' is directly inferable from combining 'rent' (to grant use or occupancy for payment) with the particle 'out', which conveys making something available to others. This compositional pattern (verb + out = give/make available) is common in English and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the parts should understand it.

Etymology

The phrasal verb rent out comes from a plain image: to rent something and send it out to another person to use while they pay you. So it means 'to allow someone to use property you own in exchange for payment'.