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rent
noun (PAYMENT) /rent/Definition
A2 [C or U] a fixed amount of money that you pay regularly for the use of a room, house, car, television, etc. that someone else owns: I pay a higher rent/more rent than the other tenants because my room is bigger. Rents here are ridiculously high/low.Renting propertyMortgages and real estateRenting, hiring and hire purchase in general Renting, hiring and hire purchase in general Mortgages and real estateRenting property for rent › offered by the owner for someone else to use in exchange for moneyRenting, hiring and hire purchase in general Mortgages and real estateRenting property
(Definition of rent noun (PAYMENT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- absentee landlord noun
- lease noun
- lease verb
- leasehold noun
- leaseholder noun
- let noun (RENT)
- let verb (RENT)
- lodge verb (STAY)
- lodger noun
- peppercorn rent noun
- rent strike noun
- rent verb (PAY TO USE)
- rent-free adjective, adverb
- rental noun
- renter noun
- sitting tenant noun
- sublet verb
- subtenant noun
- tenancy noun
- tenant noun
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