Definitions for the word "rent" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. imp. & p. p.
of Rend
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. i.
To rant.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3.
imp. & p. p. of Rend.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To tear. See Rend.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
Income; revenue. See Catel.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
Pay; reward; share; toll.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
A certain periodical profit, whether in money, provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and tenements in payment for the use; commonly, a certain pecuniary sum agreed upon between a tenant and his landlord, paid at fixed intervals by the lessee to the lessor, for the use of land or its appendages; as, rent for a farm, a house, a park, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
To take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the tennant rents an estate of the owner.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. v. i.
To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. n.
1 tenant''s periodical payment to an owner for the use of land or premises. 2 payment for the use of equipment etc. v. 1 (often foll. By from) take, occupy, or use at a rent. 2 (often foll. By out) let or hire (a thing) for rent. 3 (foll. By at) be let at a specified rate. [french rente: related to *render]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
14. n.
1 large tear in a garment etc. 2 opening in clouds etc. [from *rend]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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