Rent — Defs

01 v. i. To rant.

1.
To rant.[R. & Obs.]

02 imp. & p. p. imp. & p. p. of Rend.

1.
imp. & p. p. of Rend. See: Rend

03 n. An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear.

1.
An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear.
“See what a rent the envious Casca made.” — Shak.
2.
Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church.

Syn. Fissure; breach; disrupture; rupture; tear; dilaceration; break; fracture.

04 v. t. To tear. See Rend.

1.
To tear. See Rend.[Obs.] See: Rend

05 n. Income; revenue. See Catel.

1.
Income; revenue. See Catel.[Obs.] See: Catel
“[Bacchus] a waster was and all his rent In wine and bordel he dispent.” — Gower.

“So bought an annual rent or two, And liv'd, just as you see I do.” — Pope.
2.
Pay; reward; share; toll.[Obs.]
“Death, that taketh of high and low his rent.” — Chaucer.
3.
A certain periodical profit, whether in money, provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and tenements in payment for the use; commonly, a certain pecuniary sum agreed upon between a tenant and his landlord, paid at fixed intervals by the lessee to the lessor, for the use of land or its appendages; as, rent for a farm, a house, a park, etc.(Law)
4.
That portion of the produce of the earth paid to the landlord for the use of the “original and indestructible powers of the soil;” the excess of the return from a given piece of cultivated land over that from land of equal area at the “margin of cultivation.” Called also economic rent, [or] Ricardian rent. Economic rent is due partly to differences of productivity, but chiefly to advantages of location; it is equivalent to ordinary or commercial rent less interest on improvements, and nearly equivalent to ground rent.(Polit. Econ.) Also: economic rent, Ricardian rent

Phrases & compounds

Black rent — See Blackmail, 3.

Forehand rent — rent which is paid in advance; foregift.

Rent arrear — a rent reserved on a conveyance of land in fee simple, or granted out of lands by deed; -- so called because, by a covenant or clause in the deed of conveyance, the land is charged with a distress for the payment of it. — Blackstone.

Rent roll — a list or account of rents or income; a rental.

Rent seck — a rent reserved by deed, but without any clause of distress; barren rent. A power of distress was made incident to rent seck by Statute 4 George II. c. 28.

Rent service — rent reserved out of land held by fealty or other corporeal service; -- so called from such service being incident to it.

White rent — a quitrent when paid in silver; -- opposed to black rent.

06 v. t. To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it.

imp. & p. p. Rented; p. pr. & vb. n. Renting

1.
To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it.
2.
To take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the tennant rents an estate of the owner.

07 v. i. To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year.

1.
To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year.