rent
/ˈɹɛnt/ verb A2- To take a lease of premises in exchange for rent. · I rented a house from my friend's parents for a year.
- To grant a lease in return for rent. · 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. · The house rents for five hundred dollars a month.
He/she/it rents · Past rented · Past participle rented · -ing form renting
Verb forms
- Base form
- rent
- He/she/it
- rents
- Past
- rented
- Past participle
- rented
- -ing form
- renting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“I was hidden behind that door,” he said, “which leads into the next house, which I have rented.”
The painful catastrophe he had just witnessed appeared effectually to have rent away the veil which the intoxication of the evening before had raised between himself and his memory.
Château-Renaud rented a stall beside his own, while Beauchamp, as a journalist, had unlimited range all over the theatre.
Well; I shall rent a room in some respectable house, wear a decent coat, shave every day, and go and read the papers in a café.
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