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rent

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  1. hire                  
 
1. rent \'rent\ n [ME rente, fr. OF, income from a property, fr. (assumed) 
   VL rendita], fr. fem. of renditus, pp. of rendere to yield - more at RENDER 
   1: property (as a house) rented or for rent  2a: a usu. fixed periodical 
   return made by a tenant or occupant of property  to the owner for the 
   possession and use thereof; esp : an agreed sum paid at fixed intervals by 
   a tenant to his landlord for the use of land or its appendages 2b: the 
   amount paid by a hirer of personal property to the owner for the us e 
   thereof 3a: the portion of the income of an economy (as of a nation) 
   attributable t o land as a factor of production in addition to capital and 
   labor 3b: ECONOMIC RENT 
2. rent \-*-b*l\ vt 1: to take and hold under an agreement to pay rent  2: 
   to grant the possession and enjoyment of for rent : LET  1: to be for rent  
   2a: to obtain the possession and use of a place or article for rent  2b: to 
   allow the possession and use of property for rent  - rent.able aj
3. rent  past of REND 
4. rent n [E dial. rent (to rend)] 1: an opening made by or as if by 
   rending  2: a split in a party or organized group : SCHISM  3: an act or 
   instance of rending