rent
noun
[ rɛnt ]
• a tenant's regular payment to a landlord for the use of property or land.
• "I cannot even afford to pay the rent on this flat"
rent
verb
• pay someone for the use of (something, typically property, land, or a car).
• "they rented a house together in Sussex"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French rente, from a root shared by render.
rent
noun
• a large tear in a piece of fabric.
• "Eddie was dismayed by the rent in the roof of the tent"
Similar:
rip,
tear,
split,
hole,
gash,
slash,
slit,
opening,
perforation,
gorge,
chasm,
fault,
rift,
fissure,
crevasse,
cleft,
crack,
breach,
break,
fracture,
rupture,
Origin:
mid 16th century: from obsolete rent ‘pull to pieces, lacerate’, variant of rend.
rent
verb
• past and past participle of rend.
rend
verb
• tear (something) into pieces.
• "snapping teeth that would rend human flesh to shreds"
Similar:
tear/rip apart,
tear/rip in two,
tear/rip to pieces,
split,
rupture,
sever,
separate,
cleave,
tear/rip asunder,
sunder,
rive,
dissever,
Origin:
Old English rendan ; related to Middle Low German rende .
for rent
• available to be rented.
• "I do have a room for rent"
