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let

verb [T] (RENT)
 
 
/let/ (present tense letting, past tense and past participle let) mainly UK (mainly US rent)

Definition

to allow your house or land to be lived in or used by someone else in exchange for a regular payment: They are letting their house (out) for the summer. He's let his flat to a young couple. She has a room to let in her house.Mortgages and real estateRenting, hiring and hire purchase in general Renting propertyRenting propertyMortgages and real estateRenting, hiring and hire purchase in general
(Definition of let verb (RENT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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