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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2
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 Michael Khouw’s brother operates a bulldozer rented from United Rentals in late October 2026. — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2026 But now the mistress had rented the place and would be living there. — Yasushi Inoue, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026 One of the tenets of the agreement with the town is that the building can not be rented by outside groups. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026 For the event, called T-Mix House, the company rented out an actual house in Los Angeles. — Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2026 Another discovery reportedly took place in recent days at a storage unit that Thomas Markle allegedly rented near his former home in Rosarito, Mexico. — Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 6 Nov. 2026 Law enforcement officers also interviewed an individual who allegedly disclosed that Markle rented storage units in the Los Angeles area. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026 Another individual also disclosed Markle had rented a storage unit in the Los Angeles area, federal authorities allege. — Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2026 Investigators say Markle had rented the units since 2008 and continued paying for them through October 2026. — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rented
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  • Thinking Machines Lab and Cohere opened their first New York offices this year, and Anthropic leased a 16-story Hudson Square building.
    — J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Hearings revealed that Interior Secretary Albert Bacon Fall had secretly leased federal oil reserves in Wyoming to two private corporations and had received personal loans and gifts from the companies in return.
    — Gibbs Knotts, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026
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  • Dana Brown and Perry Minasian have been hired as senior advisers of amateur scouting to work alongside Braves president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Families and local lawmakers have also been demanding an investigation into how Mohassib was hired by the Department of Education to be a teacher's aide at Public School 200.
    — Christina Fan, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

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“Rented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rented. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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