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rent

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of rent

1 a long deep cut
  • getting her skirt caught on a nail resulted in a four-inch rent that she couldnʼt possibly repair
Synonyms of rent

gash, incision, laceration, rip, slash, slit, tear
Words Related to rent

abrasion, score, scrape, scratch

injury, wound

crack, fracture, rupture, snag
2 an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)
  • peered through the rent in the old garden wall for a glimpse of her mysterious new neighbor
Synonyms of rent

breach, break, discontinuity, gap, gulf, hiatus, hole, interstice, interval, opening, rift, separation, void
Words Related to rent

chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, fissure

notch, slit, slot, split

interspace, pore

abyss, aperture, cavity, chasm, gape, orifice

fracture, rupture, severance, sundering

rent

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of rent

1 to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment
  • we rented the apartment to a college student for $500 a month
Synonyms of rent

lease, let [chiefly British]
Words Related to rent

charter, engage, hire

lodge

sublease, sublet

rack-rent
2 to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum
  • will need to rent a car while weʼre in Europe
Synonyms of rent

charter, engage, hire, lease
Words Related to rent

sublease, sublet

check out

arrange (for), bespeak, book, contract (for), order, reserve, sign up (for)

Synonym Discussion of rent

hire, let, lease, rent, charter mean to engage or grant for use at a price. hire and let, strictly speaking, are complementary terms, hire implying the act of engaging or taking for use and let the granting of use.
    • we hired a car for the summer
    • decided to let the cottage to a young couple
lease strictly implies a letting under the terms of a contract but is often applied to hiring on a lease.
    • the diplomat leased an apartment for a year
rent stresses the payment of money for the full use of property and may imply either hiring or letting.
    • instead of buying a house, they decided to rent
    • will not rent to families with children
charter applies to the hiring or letting of a vehicle usually for exclusive use.
    • charter a bus to go to the game

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