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Main Entry:
1rent Listen to the pronunciation of 1rent
Pronunciation:
\ˈrent\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle English rente, from Anglo-French, payment, income, from Vulgar Latin *rendita, from feminine of *renditus, past participle of *rendere to yield — more at render
Date:
12th century
1: property (as a house) rented or for rent2 a: a usually fixed periodical return made by a tenant or occupant of property to the owner for the possession and use thereof; especially : an agreed sum paid at fixed intervals by a tenant to the landlord b: the amount paid by a hirer of personal property to the owner for the use thereof3 a: the portion of the income of an economy (as of a nation) attributable to land as a factor of production in addition to capital and labor b: economic rent
for rent
: available for use or service in return for payment
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