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Meaning Of Rent
imp. & p. p.
of Rend
v. i.
To rant.
imp. & p. p. of Rend.
n.
An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force;
a tear.
n.
Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation;
as, a rent in the church.
v. t.
To tear. See Rend.
n.
Income; revenue. See Catel.
n.
Pay; reward; share; toll.
n.
A certain periodical profit, whether in money, provisions,
chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and tenements in payment for
the use; commonly, a certain pecuniary sum agreed upon between a tenant
and his landlord, paid at fixed intervals by the lessee to the lessor,
for the use of land or its appendages; as, rent for a farm, a house, a
park, etc.
n.
To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to
lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it.
n.
To take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the
tennant rents an estate of the owner.
v. i.
To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for
five hundred dollars a year.