rent

Meanings

• a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
• an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
• the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions
• the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
• let for money
  • "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad"
• grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
• engage for service under a term of contract
  • "Let's rent a car"
• hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
• tear or be torn violently

Synonyms

charter, economic rent, engage, hire, lease, let, pull, rend, rip, rive, snag, split, take, tear