rent
Top
(rĕnt) 
n.
v., rent·ed, rent·ing, rents. v.tr.
To be for rent: The cottage rents for $1,200 a month.
idiom:
rentable rent'a·ble adj.
rent2 (rĕnt)
v.
A past tense and a past participle of rend.
n.
n.
- Payment, usually of an amount fixed by contract, made by a tenant at specified intervals in return for the right to occupy or use the property of another.
- A similar payment made for the use of a facility, equipment, or service provided by another.
- The return derived from cultivated or improved land after deduction of all production costs.
- The revenue yielded by a piece of land in excess of that yielded by the poorest or least favorably located land under equal market conditions. Also called economic rent.
v., rent·ed, rent·ing, rents. v.tr.
- To obtain occupancy or use of (another's property) in return for regular payments.
- To grant temporary occupancy or use of (one's own property or a service) in return for regular payments: rents out TV sets.
To be for rent: The cottage rents for $1,200 a month.
idiom:
for rent
- Available for use or service in return for payment.
[Middle English rente, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *rendita, from feminine past participle of *rendere, to yield, return. See render.]
rentability rent'a·bil'i·ty n.rentable rent'a·ble adj.
rent2 (rĕnt)
v.
A past tense and a past participle of rend.
n.
- An opening made by rending; a rip.
- A breach of relations between persons or groups; a rift.
Related Videos:
Top
rent
Top
In common usage, payment made in return for the right to use property belonging to another. In classical economics, rent was the income gained from cultivated or improved land after the deduction of all production costs. In modern economic usage, rent is the difference between the total return to a factor of production (land, labour, capital) and its supply price, the minimum amount necessary to attain its services. Rent plus opportunity cost make up the total income paid to a productive resource. Efforts made by a resource owner to obtain monopoly profit is considered rent-seeking behaviour.
For more information on rent, visit Britannica.com.
payment from a tenant to a building owner for use of the specified property. For example, an apartment dweller must pay monthly rent to a landlord for the right to inhabit the apartment. A commercial tenant in an office or store must pay monthly rent to the building owner for the use of the commercial space.
| Renewable Term Life Insurance, Remit | |
| Rent Control, Reorganization |
Top
A charge for the use of space.
See CONTRACT RENT, ECONOMIC RENT .
Example: Abel allows Baker to use property, provided that Baker pays $500 per month (Figure 164). The charge is rent.
FIG. 164. RENT
See CONTRACT RENT, ECONOMIC RENT .
Example: Abel allows Baker to use property, provided that Baker pays $500 per month (Figure 164). The charge is rent.
FIG. 164. RENT
| Renovate, Renewal Option | |
| Rent Bid Models, Rent Roll |
Roget's Thesaurus:
Top
rent1
verb
- To engage the temporary use of (something) for a fee: charter, hire, lease. See get/lose, transactions.
- To give temporary use of in return for payment: hire (out), lease, let. See transactions.
noun
- A hole made by tearing: rip, run, tear1. See help/harm/harmless.
- An interruption in friendly relations: alienation, breach, break, disaffection, estrangement, fissure, rift, rupture, schism, split. See assemble/disassemble, help/harm/harmless.
Top
n
Definition: fee paid for service, privilege
Antonyms: purchase
v
Definition: pay or charge fee for service, privilege
Antonyms: buy, purchase
Top
rent, in law, periodic payment by a tenant for the use of another's property. In economics, its meaning is more complex, but since the word rent means any income or yield from an object capable of producing wealth, its limitation to a more special sense is somewhat arbitrary and justified only by a general consensus of opinion and usage. The term rent is now ordinarily used in the broad sense and, besides the return from land, includes the return from such things as tools, machinery, and houses. Objects are rented for a limited period of time and are generally expected to be returned in their original condition. The early English writers on economics (16th-18th cent.) used the word to mean interest on a loan, but its economic meaning gradually narrowed to the sense of the return on land. Modern rent doctrine began in the 18th cent. The physiocrats centered their economic system on land. They believed that rent was measured by the net product, i.e., the surplus over the cost of production. Because they identified wealth with fixed material objects, the physiocrats considered rent not as the variable yield from the land but as a fixed value, which they called "current price of leases" and "disposable revenue." Adam Smith attempted to formulate a "natural rate" of rent based on the laws of supply and demand. This rate would be an amount high enough to induce the landowner to keep his land in cultivation and low enough to allow the tenant to subsist. David Ricardo held that demand determined the amount of marginal land under cultivation, and that rent was determined by this margin, which had the highest costs of production. Ricardo attacked Smith for putting rent on the same footing with wages and profits as one of the costs of production. Ricardo thought that high or low wages and profits were the cause of high or low prices, while high or low rents were the effect of these prices. Critics of Ricardian theory, such as Henry George, argued that monopolistic control of rent was the cause of poverty, which could only be cured by converting private rights into public by the medium of a single tax on land. Economic rent is the difference between the compensation for a factor of production and the amount necessary to keep it in its current occupation. In economic theory, under perfect competition, there would be no economic rent. Ground rent is paid to a landowner for the lease of property, often under long-term leases (such as a 99-year lease).
Bibliography
See C. Rowley and R. D. Tollison, ed., The Political Economy of Rent Seeking (1988).
Top
Compensation for the use or possession of property for a period of time; a profit in money, goods, or labor issuing out of land and tenements, constituting a periodic return for the privilege of use, 262 N.Y.S. 217, 224; “. . .
the return, whether of money, service or specific property, which the tenant makes to the landlord as compensation for the use of the demised premises.” 47 A. 2d 436. See ground rent.
the return, whether of money, service or specific property, which the tenant makes to the landlord as compensation for the use of the demised premises.” 47 A. 2d 436. See ground rent.
Top
n
A payment made by a tenant to an owner for the use of land or a building.
Random House Word Menu:
Top
categories related to 'rent'
- Real Estate Practice - rent: monthly payment by tenant to landlord for occupation or use of property
Translations:
Top
Rent
Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - leje, husleje
v. tr. - leje, betale leje for
v. intr. - udleje
idioms:
- for rent til leje
- rent boy trækkerdreng
- rent control kontrol med lejefastsættelsen, lejeloft
- rent out udleje
2.
n. - rift, flænge, revne
Nederlands (Dutch)
huren, verhuren, scheuren, gescheurd, huur, scheur, opening, spleet, opbrengst van land voor economie
Français (French)
1.
n. - location, loyer
v. tr. - louer, louer (à), prendre location de
v. intr. - être loué/donné en location au tarif indiqué/précisé
idioms:
- for rent à louer
- rent boy (GB) jeune prostitué
- rent control contrôle des loyers
- rent out louer (à)
2.
n. - (lit, fig) déchirure
Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Miete, Pacht, Riß, Spalte
v. - mieten, pachten, vermieten, verpachten, spalten, reißen
idioms:
- for rent (AmE) zu vermieten, zu verpachten, zu verleihen
- rent boy (ugs.) Strichjunge
- rent control Mietpreisbindung
- rent out vermieten, verpachten
2.
n. - Riß, Spalte
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ενοίκιο, νοίκι, μίσθωμα, σχίσιμο
v. - (εκ)μισθώνω/-ομαι, νοικιάζω/-ομαι
idioms:
- for rent (πινακίδα) "ενοικιάζεται"
- rent boy εκδιδόμενος νεαρός ομοφυλόφιλος
- rent control κανονισμός μίσθωσης
- rent out (εκ)μισθώνω/-ομαι, νοικιάζω/-ομαι
Italiano (Italian)
affittare, affitto
idioms:
- rent boy gigolo
- rent control controllo degli affitti, equo canone
- rent out affittare
Português (Portuguese)
n. - aluguel (m)
v. - alugar
idioms:
- for rent aluga-se
- rent boy garoto de programa (gír.)
- rent control controle de aluguéis
- rent out sublocar
Русский (Russian)
арендовать, сдавать, рента, дыра, прореха
idioms:
- for rent в аренду
- rent boy мальчик, занимающийся проституцией
- rent control контроль за уровнем ренты
- rent out сдавать
Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - alquiler, arrendamiento
v. tr. - alquilar, arrendar
v. intr. - ser alquilado o arrendado a una tarifa determinada
idioms:
- for rent se alquila, en alquiler
- rent boy puto, chapero, taxi-boy
- rent control control de alquileres
- rent out alquilar
2.
n. - rasgadura, desgarrón
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hyra, arrende, spricka, klyfta
v. - hyra ut, hyra, arrendera
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 租金, 租费, 出租的财产, 租用, 租入, 租出, 出租
idioms:
- for rent 供出租
- rent boy 男童妓
- rent control 租金管制
- rent out 租出
2. 裂缝, 破洞
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 裂縫, 破洞
2.
n. - 租金, 租費, 出租的財產
v. tr. - 租用, 租入, 租出
v. intr. - 出租
idioms:
- for rent 供出租
- rent boy 男童妓
- rent control 租金管制
- rent out 租出
한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 지대, 집세, 임대료
v. tr. - 임차하다, 임대하다
v. intr. - 임대되다, 세놓다
idioms:
- rent out ~을 임대하다
2.
n. - 째진 틈, 갈라진 틈, 분열
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 賃貸料, 地代, 家賃, 超過利潤, 貸室, 裂け目, 切れ目, 決裂
v. - 対して地代を払う, 対して地代を課す, 賃貸される
idioms:
- for rent 貸すための
- rent boy 売春少年
- rent control 家賃統制
- rent out 賃貸しする
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) اجره (فعل) يؤجر
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - דמי שכירות, רנטה, מלוג, שכר דירה, פתח בין עננים, סדק
v. tr. - שכר, חכר
v. intr. - הושכר, הוחכר
n. - קרע גדול, קרע בבד, סדק
If you are unable to view some languages clearly, click here.
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
American Heritage Dictionary
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Read more
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. © 1994-2012 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. All rights reserved. Read more
Barron's Finance & Investment Dictionary
Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms. Copyright © 2010 by Barron's Educational Series, Inc. All rights reserved.
Read more
Barron's Real Estate Dictionary
Dictionary of Real Estate Terms. Copyright © 2008 by Barron's Educational Series, Inc. All rights reserved.
Read more
Roget's Thesaurus
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 byHoughton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Read more
Columbia Encyclopedia
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/cup/.
Read more
Barron's Law Dictionary
Law Dictionary. Copyright © 2003 by Barron's Educational Series, Inc. All rights reserved.
Read more
Mosby's Dental Dictionary
Mosby's Dental Dictionary. Copyright © 2004 by Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
Read more
Random House Word Menu
© 2010 Write Brothers Inc. Word Menu is a registered trademark of the Estate of Stephen Glazier.
Write Brothers Inc.
All rights reserved.
Read more
