rent

1. imp. & p. p. of Rend Source: opted

2. v. i. To rant. Source: opted

3. imp. & p. p. of Rend. Source: opted

4. n. An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear. Source: opted

5. n. Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church. Source: opted

6. v. t. To tear. See Rend. Source: opted

7. n. Income; revenue. See Catel. Source: opted

8. n. Pay; reward; share; toll. Source: opted

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: opted

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: opted

11. n. To take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the tennant rents an estate of the owner. Source: opted

12. v. i. To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year. Source: opted

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