rent
Definitions
- A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property
- A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.
- A tear or rip in some surface.
- A surname.
- A similar payment for the use of a product, equipment or a service
- A similar payment for the use of a product, equipment or a service.
- A division or schism.
- A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business
- A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business.
- An object for which rent is charged or paid
- An object for which rent is charged or paid.
- Income; revenue
- Income; revenue.
- An amount of virtual currency paid by a player to preserve their character, inventory, etc. between gameplay sessions in a multi-user dungeon.
Conjugation
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Equivalents
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Azərbaycan dilikirayə
བོད་སྐད།གླས
עבריתשכר
Bahasa Indonesiasewa
ភាសាខ្មែរជួល
Lietuviųnuoma
Te Reo Māorireti
Maltikera
Русскийарендааре́ндная пла́табрать напрока́твзять напрока́ткварти́рная пла́таквартплатананиматьнанятьпроре́харентасдаватьсдава́ть в аре́ндусдава́ть внаёмсдатьсдать в аре́ндусдать внаёмснима́тьснять
తెలుగుఅద్దె
اردوبھاڑا
Examples
“I am asking £300 a week rent⟳.”
“This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own⟳ resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent⟳ of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything.”
“We never ever argue⟳, we never calculate⟳ / The currency we've spent / I love⟳ you, you pay⟳ my rent⟳”
“A New York city taxicab license⟳ earns more than $10,000 a year in rent⟳.”
“So bought an annual rent⟳ or two, / And liv'd, just as you see⟳ I do.”
“[O]ne streak of copper-coloured light⟳ made a narrow rent⟳ between sea and sky.”
“The brown paint⟳ on the door was so old that the naked wood showed between the rents.”
“The oscillations were getting so severe that painters on the bridge learned to tie down their tins before a train⟳ passed. They found holes and rents in the iron⟳ but never reported them as they were never asked, and it wasn't their job. These were deferential times, and few wanted to talk⟳ out of turn⟳.”
“[T]he White House was considering sending Vice President Humphrey to Cairo to patch up the many rents in U.S.—Egyptian relations.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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