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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rent \Rent\ (r[e^]nt), v. t. To tear. See {Rend}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rent \Rent\ (r[e^]nt), n. [F. rente, LL. renta, fr. L. reddita, fem. sing. or neut. pl. of redditus, p. p. of reddere to give back, pay. See {Render}.] 1. Income; revenue. See {Catel}. [Obs.] "Catel had they enough and rent." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] [Bacchus] a waster was and all his rent In wine and bordel he dispent. --Gower. [1913 Webster] So bought an annual rent or two, And liv'd, just as you see I do. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Pay; reward; share; toll. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Death, that taketh of high and low his rent. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. (Law) 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. [1913 Webster] Note: The term rent is also popularly applied to compensation for the use of certain personal chattels, as a piano, a sewing machine, etc. [1913 Webster] 4. (Polit. Econ.) (a) 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. (b) Loosely, a return or profit from a differential advantage for production, as in case of income or earnings due to rare natural gifts creating a natural monopoly. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, 3. {Forehand rent}, rent which is paid in advance; foregift. {Rent arrear}, rent in arrears; unpaid rent. --Blackstone. {Rent charge} (Law), 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. --Bouvier. {Rent roll}, a list or account of rents or income; a rental. {Rent seck} (Law), 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} (Eng. Law), 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rent \Rent\ (r[e^]nt), v. i. To rant. [R. & Obs.] --Hudibras. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rent \Rent\ (r[e^]nt), imp. & p. p. of {Rend}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rent \Rent\ (r[e^]nt), n. [From {Rend}.] 1. An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear. [1913 Webster] See what a rent the envious Casca made. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church. [1913 Webster] Syn: Fissure; breach; disrupture; rupture; tear; dilaceration; break; fracture. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rent \Rent\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Renting}.] [F. renter. See {Rent}, n.] 1. To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it. [1913 Webster] 2. To take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the tennant rents an estate of the owner. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rent \Rent\, v. i. To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rend \Rend\ (r[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rent} (r[e^]nt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rending}.] [AS. rendan, hrendan; cf. OFries. renda, randa, Fries. renne to cut, rend, Icel. hrinda to push, thrust, AS. hrindan; or cf. Icel. r[ae]na to rob, plunder, Ir. rannaim to divide, share, part, W. rhanu, Armor. ranna.] 1. To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock in blasting; lightning rends an oak. [1913 Webster] The dreadful thunder Doth rend the region. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force. [1913 Webster] An empire from its old foundations rent. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] I will surely rend the kingdom from thee. --1 Kings xi. 11. [1913 Webster] {To rap and rend}. See under {Rap}, v. t., to snatch. [1913 Webster] Syn: To tear; burst; break; rupture; lacerate; fracture; crack; split. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: rent n 1: a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service 2: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" [syn: {rip}, {rent}, {snag}, {split}, {tear}] 3: the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions [syn: {economic rent}, {rent}] 4: the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" [syn: {rent}, {rip}, {split}] v 1: let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad" [syn: {rent}, {lease}] 2: grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners" [syn: {lease}, {let}, {rent}] 3: engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" [syn: {lease}, {rent}, {hire}, {charter}, {engage}, {take}] 4: hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services [syn: {rent}, {hire}, {charter}, {lease}]