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Definition rent in American English

rent noun

noun
/rent/
1

an amount of money that you pay regularly for using a house, room, office, etc. that belongs to someone else

Example

After she'd paid her rent, Jan had no money left for food.

Example

an annual rent of $80,000

Example

What's the rent on this house now?

Synonyms and related words
appraisal appraise balloon mortgage
1.1

an amount of money that you pay for using a vehicle, a piece of equipment, etc.

Synonyms and related words
buy-to-let buy-to-let for hire
2

a hole made when you tear something

Synonyms and related words
abyss aperture blowhole
3

to have enough money to pay the rent

Example

I'm afraid I'm not going to make rent this month.

Definition rent in American English