| 单词 | rent |
| 释义 | rent (once / 161 pages) 1nv 2vn 3n To rent something is to pay money to use it, live in it, or borrow it. If you're not sure which musical instrument you'll stick with and enjoy playing, it's best to rent a few to try out before buying. Rent is both a verb and a noun for borrowing or leasing something. If you rent an apartment, you pay money to live there, and that money is also rent. You can rent many things, from skates at a roller rink to furniture for the home you rent. You don't own things you rent — you just use them temporarily. A rent is also a rip: "She fell and tore a big rent in one knee of her jeans." WORD FAMILYrent: rentable, rental, rented, renter, renting, rents+/rentable: unrentable/rental: rentals/renter: renters/renting: rentings USAGE EXAMPLESAbout 200 Muslims who hold their prayers in rented hotel space in Manassas want to build their own space. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Prosecutors say he rented the penthouse flat in China cheaply from a shareholder of broadcast company Wave Media. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) A special thanks to the folks in the reservations department at the Trump International Hotel here who helped us rent this ballroom on last-minute notice. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service Hypo|Hyper ground rent payment for the right to occupy and improve a piece of land peppercorn rentvery low or nominal rent rack rentan extortionate rent annuity in advance an annuity paid in a series of more or less equal payments at the beginning of equally spaced periods 2v let for money We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad Syn|Hyper lease contract, undertake enter into a contractual arrangement 3v engage for service under a term of contract Let's rent a car Syn|Hyper charter, engage, hire, lease, take acquire, get come into the possession of something concrete or abstract 4v hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services Syn|Hyper charter, hire, lease contract, undertake enter into a contractual arrangement 5v grant use or occupation of under a term of contract 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper lease, let sublease, sublet lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person give transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody 1v tear or be torn violently Syn|Hyper pull, rend, rip, rive bust, rupture, snap, tear separate or cause to separate abruptly 2n the act of rending or ripping or splitting something Syn|Hyper rip, split tear the act of tearing 3n an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart 3Syn|Hyper rip, snag, split, tear gap, opening an open or empty space in or between things n the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions Syn|Hyper economic rent issue, payoff, proceeds, return, take, takings, yield the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property |
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