rent

About 15.35 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.

   I am asking £300 a week rent.

2. noun A similar payment for the use of a product, equipment or a service.
3. noun A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business.

   A New York city taxicab license earns more than $10,000 a year in rent.

4. noun An object for which rent is charged or paid.
5. noun Income; revenue.
6. noun An amount of virtual currency paid by a player to preserve their character, inventory, etc. between gameplay sessions in a multi-user dungeon.
7. verb To take a lease of premises in exchange for rent.

   I rented a house from my friend's parents for a year.

8. verb To grant a lease in return for rent.

   We rented our house to our son's friend for a year.

Similar words

lease charter hire economic rent take let split engage tear ripped

Often followed by

of and for a in is to the or

Word family

rentabilities rentability rentable rented renting rents