rent
51rent — {{11}}rent (1) payment for use of property, mid 12c., from O.Fr. rente, from V.L. *rendita, properly the fem. pp. of rendere to render (see RENDER (Cf. render)). The verb is attested from mid 14c., from the noun. Prefix rent a first attested 1921 …
52Rent — Rend Rend (r[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rent} (r[e^]nt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rending}.] [AS. rendan, hrendan; cf. OFries. renda, randa, Fries. renne to cut, rend, Icel. hrinda to push, thrust, AS. hrindan; or cf. Icel. r[ae]na to rob, plunder, Ir …
53rent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. tear, slit, fissure; split, division, rupture, schism; payment, return, rental. See interval. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To sell the use of property] Syn. lease, lend, let, make available, allow the use… …
54rent — English has two words rent. The one meaning ‘payment’ [12] comes via Old French rente from Vulgar Latin *rendita, a noun use of the feminine past participle of *rendere ‘give back’ (source of English render). Rent ‘tear, rift’ [16] comes from the …
55rent — 1. The cost of *leasing or hiring an asset. 2. In economic theory, the difference between the *return made by a *factor of production and the return required to keep the factor of production in its current use. For example, an auditor who earns a …
56rent — 1. noun I can t afford to pay the rent Syn: hire charge, rental 2. verb 1) she rented a car Syn: hire, lease, charter 2) why don t you rent it out? Syn: let (ou …
57rent-a- — UK / US prefix humorous used with some nouns to refer to someone who is willing to become involved in anything, especially in exchange for money rent a mob (= people who are willing to become involved in any kind of protest) rent a quote… …
58rent — English has two words rent. The one meaning ‘payment’ [12] comes via Old French rente from Vulgar Latin *rendita, a noun use of the feminine past participle of *rendere ‘give back’ (source of English render). Rent ‘tear, rift’ [16] comes from the …
59Rent — (Isa. 3:24), probably a rope, as rendered in the LXX. and Vulgate and Revised Version, or as some prefer interpreting the phrase, girdle and robe are torn [i.e., are a rent ] by the hand of violence …
60rent — • helt, och, hållet, fullständigt totalt komplett absolut fullkomligt rent tvärt …