rent

Pronunciation

• enPR: rĕnt, IPA ^(key): /rɛnt/
• SAMPA: /rEnt/

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Noun

Singular rent

Plural rents

1. (uncountable) Rent is the money you pay to borrow and use something, usually an apartment.

   Have we paid this month's rent yet?

Verb

Plain form rent

Third-person singular rents

Past tense rented

Past participle rented

Present participle renting

1. (transitive) If you rent something, you pay money to use something for a limited time, usually for a house or apartment.

   I'm in Texas next week, so I'll have to rent a car.

   The room was rented out last week.