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.”
Barry wants to rent the farm for next year.
Douglas had given him the impression that some danger was hanging over his head, and he had always looked upon his sudden departure from California, and also his renting a house in so quiet a place in England, as being connected with this peril.
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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