rack-rents

verb

present tense third-person singular of rack-rent
as in rents

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  1. rents
  2. leases
  3. hires
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  • The neocloud company, which rents out computing power to AI companies, is fueled by debt.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The National Trust rents out a charming stone cottage called 89 Church Lawn that sleeps seven and sits at the entrance to the 2,650-acre estate.
    — Nicholas DeRenzo, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of rents
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  • Anthropic is working to secure direct data center leases to avoid buying on-demand cloud compute resources from its own competition.
    — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The company builds or leases data centers and sells computing capacity to hyperscalers and AI labs.
    — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of leases
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  • Accessibility Live hires hundreds of temporary seasonal employees to staff teams at large festivals like Coachella, EDC, and more recently Bonnaroo.
    — Maribeth Romslo, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Barclays links job cuts to AI; hires first-ever chief AI officer.
    — John Kell, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of hires
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“Rack-rents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rack-rents. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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