rent

Definition

A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.

Etymology

From Middle English rent, rente, from Old French rente, from Early Medieval Latin rendita, from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere.

Example Sentences

• "I am asking £300 a week rent."
• "This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything."
• "We never ever argue, we never calculate / The currency we've spent / I love you, you pay my rent"