RENTS

Etymology 1

Noun

rents

plural of rent

Verb

rents

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rent

Etymology 2

Noun

rents

Alternative spelling of 'rents

Anagrams

• Ernst, Snert, Stern, nerts, snert, stern, terns

Source: Wiktionary

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RENT

Rent (rnt), v. i.

Definition: To rant. [R. & Obs.] Hudibras.

Rent,

Definition: imp. & p. p. of Rend.

Rent, n. Etym: [From Rend.]

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 schim; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church.

Syn.

– Fissure; breach; disrupture; rupture; tear; diaceration; break; fracture.

Rent, v. t.

Definition: To tear. See Rend. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Rent, n. Etym: [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. Incone; revenue. See Catel. [Obs.] "Catel had they enough and rent." Chaucer. [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. (Law)

Definition: 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.

Note: The term rent is also popularly applied to compensation for the use of certain personal chattles, as a piano, a sewing machine, etc. 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 Statue 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.

Rent, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rented; p. pr. & vb. n. Renting.] Etym: [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.

2. To take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the tennant rents an estate of the owner.

Rent, v. i.

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

REND

Rend (rnd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rent (rnt); p. pr. & vb. n. Rending.] Etym: [AS. rendan, hrendan; cf. OFries. renda, randa, Fries.renne to cut, rend, Icel. hrinda to push, thrust, AS. hrindan; or cf. Icel. r 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. The dreadful thunder Doth rend the region. Shak.

2. To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force. An empire from its old foundations rent. Dryden. I will surely rend the kingdom from thee. 1 Kings xi. 11. To rap and rend. See under Rap, v. t., to snatch.

Syn.

– To tear; burst; break; rupture; lacerate; fracture; crack; split.

Rend, v. i.

Definition: To be rent or torn; to become parted; to sepparate; to split. Jer. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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