Meaning

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

• A similar payment for the use of equipment or a service.

• A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business.

  "A New York city taxicab license earns more than $10,000 a year in rent."

• An object for which rent is charged or paid.

• Income; revenue.

Meaning

• To occupy premises in exchange for rent.

  "I rented a house from my friend's parents for a year."

• To grant occupation in return for rent.

  "We rented our house to our son's friend for a year."

• To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.

• To be leased or let for rent.

  "The house rents for five hundred dollars a month."