rent

Definition:
1. An amount of money that you regularly pay so that you can use a house, etc.
2. A regular payment by a tenant to a landlord for use of some property.
3. An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart.
4. The return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions.
5. The act of rending or ripping or splitting something.

Use 'rent' in a sentence:

• 1. He rents rooms in his house to students.
• 2. They told James he could no longer live rent-free.
• 3. How could you overlook paying the rent?
• 4. The weekly rent on the car was over $200.
• 5. Who do you rent the land from?
• 6. A number of tenants have been evicted for not paying the rent.
• 7. Tenants are responsible for the upkeep of rented property.
• 8. The landlord has put the rent up again.
• 9. It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.
• 10. He had to toss up between paying the rent or buying food.
• 11. She rented rooms to university students.
• 12. We looked over the house again before we decided we would rent it.
• 13. Work out the full weekly rent, plus your rates.
• 14. Most of my salary gets swallowed by the rent and bills.
• 15. Child car seats only cost about $10 a week to rent.
• 16. He left his hotel in a rented car.
• 17. On the minus side, rented property is expensive and difficult to find.
• 18. He was given a new rent-free apartment.
• 19. They had evicted their tenants for non-payment of rent.
• 20. Do you own your house or do you rent it?
• 21. She worked to pay the rent while I went to college.
• 22. They found a little two-room apartment to rent.
• 23. Most of my salary gets swallowed (up) by the rent and bills.
• 24. She agreed to rent me the room.
• 25. Have you paid him the rent yet?
• 26. A crazy old woman rented the upstairs room.
• 27. If I've got my sums right, I should be able to afford the rent.
• 28. She got a bank loan to rent and equip a small workshop.
• 29. The rent is £ 300 per month.
• 30. The rent is inclusive of water and heating.
• 31. You cannot stay here ad infinitum without paying rent.
• 32. They spend their money on things like rent and groceries.
• 33. We're two months in arrears with the rent.
• 34. He struggled to pay the rent on his $88 a month tenement.
• 35. We rented the car by the day.
• 36. His landlord doubled the rent.
• 37. Most of my salary goes on the rent.
• 38. The apartment rents for $500 a month.
• 39. The weekly rent is the same irrespective of whether there are three or four occupants.
• 40. They fixed the rent at £ 100 a week.
• 41. The property is for rent with an option to buy at any time.
• 42. We rented a car for the week and explored the area.
• 43. She rents a house with three other girls.
• 44. You'll be thrown out if you don't pay the rent.
• 45. They decided to let out the smaller offices at low rents.
• 46. We rented a four-wheel drive to get around the island.
• 47. We rent out rooms in our house to students.
• 48. How much rent do you pay for this place?
• 49. We don't own our TV, we rent it.
• 50. The rent is now overdue.
• 51. The land is rented out to other farmers.
• 52. He owed three months'back rent.
• 53. The extra income has meant Phillippa can tuck away the rent.
• 54. Shall we rent a movie this evening?
• 55. She agreed to rent the room to me.
• 56. The apartment rents for$ 500 a month.
• 57. Traders in Marble Arch are facing huge rent increases.