Rĕnt1, imp. & p. p.
imp. & p. p. of rend.
7 entries under this word
Rent
Rĕnt2, n.
n. [From rend.] 1. An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force.
See what a rent the envious Casca made. Shak.
Sense 2. A schism; a separation; as, a rent in the church. White.
Synonyms—Fissure; breach; disrupture; rupture; tear; dilaceration; break; fracture.
Rēnt3, v. t.
To tear. [Obs.] See REND. Chaucer.
Rēnt4, v. i.
v. i. To rant. [Obs. and rare.] Hudibras.
Rēnt5, n.
[Fr. rente, Pr. & L. Lat. renta, renda, Sp. renta, O. Sp. & Pg. renda, It. rendita, from Lat. reddita, pl. of redditum, from reddere, to give back, to pay; A-S. rent, D., Dan., & Ger. rente, Sw. renta, ränta, Icel. renta. See RENDER.]
Sense 1. A certain periodical profit in money, provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and tenements in retribution for the use; a compensation or return, in the nature of an acknowledgment, for the possession of a corporeal inheritance.
Rent. Blackstone.
Sense 2. That which is invested for the sake of return; capital invested in public funds, stocks, &c. [French usage.]
Rent-arrear, rent in arrears; unpaid rent. Blackstone.
Rēnt6, v. t.
[imp. & p. p. RENTED; p. pr. & vb. n. RENTING.] [Fr. renter, Sp. rentar. See supra.]
- To grant the possession and enjoyment of; to lease; as, the owner of an estate or house rents it to a tenant for a term of years.
- To take and hold by lease the possession of; as, the tenant rents the estate for five hundred dollars a year.
Rēnt7, v. t.
v. t. To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate or a tenement rents for five hundred dollars a year.