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Meaning of rent

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  rent
      n 1: a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an
           owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or
           service
      2: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a
         rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" [syn:
         {rip}, {rent}, {snag}, {split}, {tear}]
      3: the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that
         derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar
         conditions [syn: {economic rent}, {rent}]
      4: the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he
         gave the envelope a vigorous rip" [syn: {rent}, {rip},
         {split}]
      v 1: let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we
           were abroad" [syn: {rent}, {lease}]
      2: grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am
         leasing my country estate to some foreigners" [syn: {lease},
         {let}, {rent}]
      3: 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?" [syn: {lease}, {rent}, {hire},
         {charter}, {engage}, {take}]
      4: hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
         [syn: {rent}, {hire}, {charter}, {lease}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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