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A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property.

A similar payment for the use of equipment or a service.

A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business.

Example: A New York city taxicab license earns more than $10,000 a year in rent.

An object for which rent is charged or paid.

To occupy premises in exchange for rent.

Example: I rented a house from my friend's parents for a year.

To grant occupation in return for rent.

Example: We rented our house to our son's friend for a year.

To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.

To be leased or let for rent.

Example: The house rents for five hundred dollars a month.

To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst

Example: Lightning rends an oak.

To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force; to amputate.

To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.

Example: Relationships may rend if tempers flare.

A tear or rip in some surface.

A division or schism.