rented

past tense of rent
1
as in leased
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

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as in hired
to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum will need to rent a car while we're in Europe

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Recent Examples of rented The vibrant nonprofit amateur flat track league has rented space to play for more than 20 years and was seeking a permanent home. — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Farmers will also be able to report information about land that is rented out via barter or for free. — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026 For more than 20 years, the touring musician rented an apartment in Lower Manhattan but owned his vacation home in Vail, Colorado. — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026 The couple rented the apartment in 1980 after Farmer saw a listing in the Village Voice. — Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 19 Sep. 2026 Kremlev reportedly rented the ultra-private islands for the weekend of festivities and paid for the fireworks show, costs that reached hundreds of thousands of dollars. — Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 Coastal Land & Livestock returned in early June with six hundred sheep, rented from Kaos Sheep Outfit. — Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026 Ball and Jackson failed to pay rent for Newton’s old uptown apartment, which is now owned and rented out by Agape Property Management Group LLC. — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2026 The Sunday reception was held a roughly 10-minute boat ride away on a neighboring private island, rented out by Kremlev. — Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rented
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  • The land for both projects is owned by the university and is being leased to the developers for 99 years.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The opening will be staged rather than fully leased on Day One, and Khoory expects the mix to evolve.
    — Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
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  • Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Prediction market exchange Polymarket has hired a near three-decade Goldman Sachs veteran to help lead its push to attract Wall Street liquidity.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Shula was ultimately forced out in January 1996 and Johnson was hired one week later.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

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“Rented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rented. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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