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Noun rent has 4 senses
- rent - a regular payment by a tenant to a landlord for use of some property
--1 is a kind of annuity in advance
--1 has particulars: ground rent; peppercorn rent; rack rent
- rip, rent, snag, split, tear - an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"
--2 is a kind of opening, gap
- economic rent, rent - the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions
--3 is a kind of return, issue, proceeds, take, takings, yield, payoff
- rent, rip, split - the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"
--4 is a kind of tear
Verb rend has 4 senses
- rend, rip, rive, pull - tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"
--1 is a kind of contract, undertake; tear, rupture, snap, bust; contract, undertake; tear, rupture, snap, bust
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
rend, rip, rive, pull
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
rent, lease
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
rend, rip, rive, pull
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- lease, let, rent - grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"
--2 is a kind of give; give
Sample sentences:
They rent cars to the tourists
They rent the tourists their cars
lease, let, rent
They rent cars to the tourists
They rent the tourists their cars
- lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take - engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
--3 is a kind of get, acquire; get, acquire
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
- rent, hire, charter, lease - hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
--4 is a kind of contract, undertake; contract, undertake
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
1 sense of rend
rent, hire, charter, lease
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
1 sense of rend
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