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| rent | |
| 1. n. A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property. |  |
| 2. n. A similar payment for the use of equipment or a service. | |
| 3. n. (economics) 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. | |
| 4. n. An object for which rent is charged or paid. | |
| 5. n. (obsolete) Income; revenue. | |
| 6. v. To occupy premises in exchange for rent. | |
| 7. v. To grant occupation in return for rent. | |
| 8. v. To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To be leased or let for rent. | |
| The house rents for five hundred dollars a month. | |
| 10. n. A tear or rip in some surface. | |
| 11. n. A division or schism. | |
| rend | |
| 1. v. To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst | |
| Powder rends a rock in blasting. | |
| Lightning rends an oak. | |
| 2. v. To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split. | |
| Relationships may rend if tempers flare. | |
| 4. n. A violent separation of parts. | |
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