rent

🇺🇸 /rent/ 🇬🇧 /rent/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-A2
noun
B1

Money paid to use a place to live.

The rent for my apartment is due next week.

R

Money paid to use something for a time.

The rent for the car was very high.

R

A tear in cloth.

There was a rent in his shirt from the fall.

verb
B1

Pay to use something you don't own.

I want to rent a house near the beach.

B1

Let someone use something for money.

She will rent her garage to her neighbor.

B1

Pay to use something for a short time.

We can rent bikes for the day.

R

Be available for use for money.

This room rents for $100 a night.

R

Tear apart.

The storm rent the sails of the ship.

translation

n. Money paid to use a place to live.; Money paid to use something for a time.; A tear in cloth.
v. Pay to use something you don't own.; Let someone use something for money.; Pay to use something for a short time.; Be available for use for money.; Tear apart.

Word Forms

3rd Present rents
Progressive renting
Past rented
Plural rents
Perfect rented