rent

  1. Noun.  A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property.
  2. Noun.  A similar payment for the use of equipment or a service.
  3. Noun.  (economics) A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To occupy premises in exchange for rent.
  5. Verb.  (transitive) To grant occupation in return for rent.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money/rent.
  7. Noun.  A tear or rip in some surface.
  8. Noun.  A division or schism between two things.
  9. Verb.  (past of, rend) .

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