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rent

rent
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [rent]
    • /rɛnt/
    • /rent/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [rent]
    • /rɛnt/

Definitions of rent word

  • noun rent an opening made by rending or tearing; slit; fissure. 1
  • noun rent a breach of relations or union between individuals or groups; schism. 1
  • verb with object rent to separate into parts with force or violence: The storm rent the ship to pieces. 1
  • verb with object rent to tear apart, split, or divide: racial tension that is rending the nation. 1
  • verb with object rent to pull or tear violently (often followed by away, off, up, etc.). 1
  • verb with object rent to tear (one's garments or hair) in grief, rage, etc. 1

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Origin of rent

First appearance:

before 1125
One of the 6% oldest English words
1125-75; (noun) Middle English rente < Old French < Vulgar Latin *rendita, feminine past participle of *rendere (see render1); (v.) Middle English renten < Old French renter, derivative of rente

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Parts of speech for Rent

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

rent popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

rent usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for rent

verb rent

  • accommodate — If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them.
  • borrow — If you borrow something that belongs to someone else, you take it or use it for a period of time, usually with their permission.
  • bummed — depressed, upset, distressed, annoyed, etc.
  • bumming — a person who avoids work and sponges on others; loafer; idler.
  • bunking — a built-in platform bed, as on a ship.

noun rent

  • breach — If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it.
  • break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
  • chasm — A chasm is a very deep crack in rock, earth, or ice.
  • clough — a gorge or narrow ravine
  • coverts — concealed; secret; disguised.

adj rent

  • broken — Broken is the past participle of break.
  • cleft — A cleft in a rock or in the ground is a narrow opening in it.
  • crannied — full of crannies or chinks
  • crenelated — In a castle, a crenelated wall has gaps in the top or openings through which to fire at attackers.
  • dehiscent — (of fruits, anthers, etc) opening spontaneously to release seeds or pollen

adjective rent

  • crenellated — In a castle, a crenellated wall has gaps in the top or openings through which to fire at attackers.

Antonyms for rent

verb rent

  • boot out — If someone boots you out of a job, organization, or place, you are forced to leave it.
  • heave ho — an act or effort of heaving.
  • heave-ho — an act of rejection, dismissal, or forcible ejection: The bartender gave the noisy drunk the old heave-ho.
  • evict — Expel (someone) from a property, especially with the support of the law.
  • outs — away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.

noun rent

  • closed — A closed group of people does not welcome new people or ideas from outside.

Top questions with rent

  • how much rent can i afford?
  • what percentage of income should go to rent?
  • how much should you spend on rent?
  • how does rent to own work?
  • how old to rent a car?
  • how much to spend on rent?
  • how much should i spend on rent?
  • how much is it to rent a car?
  • how much does it cost to rent a car?

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