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▪ I. rental, n.|ˈrɛntəl|
Also 4–8 rentall, 6 -aill, -ayl.
[a. AF. rental (Godef.) or ad. Anglo-Lat. rentale (Du Cange): see rent n.1 and -al1.]
1. a. A list or register of the rents due by tenants to a proprietor; a rent-roll. Now rare.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. vii. 83 To ha reles and remission on þat rental I be-leeue. c1440Jacob's Well 41 Ȝif a styward fynde in þe old court-rollys & rentallys..þat þou art behynde of þi rente to þi lord. 1523Fitzherb. Surv. 12 What rentes..the lorde ought to haue of his tenauntes can nat be knowen but by the..court rolles, rentayles [etc.]. 1584Reg. Privy Council Scot. III. 698 Bringand with thame..ane just and trew inventour and rentall of the convent. 1709Lond. Gaz. No. 4520/3 The two several Demesnes..to be Sold, and a Rental or Proposals thereof is to be had at Mr. Thomas Norton's. 1824Scott Redgauntlet let. xi, I have heard of a thing they call Doomsday-book—I am clear it has been a rental of back-ganging tenants.
b. An income arising from rents received.
c1395Plowman's Tale i. 474 Her seruauntes be to them vnholde But they can doublin theyr rentall. 1801Lusignan II. 154 Emily's vast rental offered a mark to his ambition. 1878Lecky Eng. in 18th C. II. vii. 239 Prior, in 1730, calculated the rental spent by absentees in England at about 620,000l.
2. a. The amount paid or received as rent.
1637–50Row Hist. Kirk (Wodrow Soc.) 42 If any Minister sett his gleib or manse, or any part of the fruits thereof, with diminution of the rentall, that all such tacks be declared null. 1765Blackstone Comm. I. viii. 300 The rental of the kingdom was supposed to be so exceeding low, that one subsidy of this sort did not..amount to more than 70,000l. 1844Disraeli Coningsby iii. iii, Lord Everingham..frightened him with visions of rates exceeding rentals.
b. A house, flat, car, etc., let out for rent. Chiefly N. Amer.
1952Sat. Even. Post 22 Nov. 25 Sometimes a mob of hoodlums in a rental forced off the road by pursuing police would get tangled up in their own arsenal. 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 3/3 Habitat, Expo's futuristic housing complex, has started a new life as an ordinary rental development. 1970New York 16 Nov. 42/3 They began breaking up the mills and foundries into rentals for small⁓time manufacturers. 1972J. Gores Dead Skip xi. 76 The house was a rental, and rental properties meant landladies. 1981Nordic Skiing Jan. 47/1 The ski shop carries complete rentals in all sizes and reservations on rental equipment are accepted.
3. Sc. A species of lease or ‘tack’ granted to a ‘kindly tenant’ (see kindly a. 3, quot. 1773).
1565–6Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 428 Obtenit ane new tak and rentall thairof. 1580–1Ibid. III. 351 They have..had thair rentalis thairof..for ane certane sowme of entrie. a1768Erskine Inst. Law Scot. ii. vi. §38 (1773) 267 Rentals commonly bear a clause, that the rentaller shall neither assign nor subset.
4. The fact or process of renting (in the sense of rent v.1 3).
1915Nat. Real Estate Jrnl. Nov. 332/2 The duty of the agent to owners whose property he has in charge for rental, requires him to make untiring effort to promptly secure desirable tenants. 1928Publishers' Weekly 12 May 1951 The rental of children's books has not so far been well tested out, as only four of the stores replying have collections of children's books. 1977Grimsby Even. Tel. 31 May 11/2 (Advt.), The property is on rental.
5. attrib. as rental agency, rental agent, rental boll, rental book, rental car, rental (feu-)duty, rental house, rental land, rental mail, rental right, rental roll; rental library chiefly U.S., a library at which a charge is made for the loan of books.
1947S. L. McMichael How to operate Real Estate Business xxvii. 221 The *rental agency must use considerable tact in fitting tenants into the right locations. 1972J. Philips Vanishing Senator iii. iv. 136 Couldn't you try rental agencies? 1978R. Ludlum Holcroft Covenant xiii. 153 The rental agency was not amused, but Holcroft gave them no choice.
1915Nat. Real Estate Jrnl. Nov. 332/2 (heading) Duties of *rental agents. 1967Boston Sunday Globe 23 Apr. b43/7 The rental agent is Martin Cerel, Natick realtor. 1979N.Y. Rev. Bks. 17 May 37 (Advt.), Britain's most experienced rental agent is here to give you every assistance with your plans for accommodation.
a1768Erskine Inst. Law Scot. ii. x. §25 (1773) Sometimes the titular..accepted of a stated quantity of corns yearly, commonly called *rental bolls.
1518–19Rec. St. Mary at Hill 300 Paid for papur for..the *Rentall boke. a1768Erskine Inst. Law Scot. ii. vi. §37 (1773) 267 If the proprietor barely inrol a tenant in his rental-book,..the inrolment is sufficient to defend the tenant. 1824Scott Redgauntlet let. xi, I will bear the contents to your credit in the rental-book.
1962Time 7 Dec. 84/3 Cut-rate *rental cars are generally as clean and well-serviced as the big three. 1978S. Sheldon Bloodline xxxiii. 315 It took almost three hours for Max to drive to Lesgets in a Volkswagen, the cheapest rental car he could find.
1640–1Kirkcudbr. War-Comm. Min. Bk (1855) 95 The heritor to pey the tenth and twentieth penny for his *rentall dewtie.
1591Reg. Privy Council Scot. IV. 629 The auld *rentaill few dewitie.
1953A. Upfield Murder must Wait ix. 85 *Rental houses are few..and the demand for them is heavy.
a1768Erskine Inst. Law Scot. ii. vi. §38 (1773) 267 A rentaller..by exchanging his *rental lands..incurs the forfeiture of his right.
1928Publishers' Weekly 14 July 169 His basement book-store..is now the home of an unusually successful *rental library. 1934G. Conklin How to run Rental Library i. 11 The rental library..is strictly limited to that type of book-renting business which is organized for the purpose of profit. 1946R. Chandler Let. 9 Jan. (1966) 136 The publishers have co-operated in the rental library swindle over a period of years.
1820Scott Monast. xxxiii, Settling the *rental mails, and feu-duties.
1838W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 566 The right was not effectual against singular successors, unless the rentaller could show a *rental right.
1433Rolls of Parlt. IV. 479/2 That the rolles of accounte..and the *rentall rolle..be putte and kepte in the cofre.
▪ II. ˈrental, v. Sc. rare.
[f. prec.]
trans. †a. To put in or admit as a ‘kindly tenant’. Obs. b. To let out or hold (land) on a rental.
1565–6Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 429 Elizabeth allegeit that..scho had broukit the saidis landis, and bene continewalie rentalit thairin fra tyme to time. 1640–1Kirkcudbr. War-Comm. Min. Bk. (1855) 95 It is appoyntit..that the full worthe of the land be valued as gif the samen were not rentalled. 1818Blackw. Mag. III. 441 Some honest..individual, who rentalled of the Prelate of Glasgow the pendicle of ‘Daldue Wester’. |