english
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noun
lease:
The rent is due today.
verb
tore:
She rent her clothes in despair.
verb
leased:
We rented the house yesterday.
Simple Definitions
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rent
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + rent
high
• Rents in the city centre are very high.
low
• Our workers get low rents and other advantages.
exorbitant
(= extremely high )
• Some landlords charge exorbitant rents.
fixed
• The rent is fixed for three years.
affordable
(= which people can easily pay )
• The government plans to provide more homes at affordable rents.
the annual/monthly/weekly rent
• Our annual rent is just over $15000.
ground rent
British English (= rent paid to the owner of the land that a house, office etc is built on )
• There is an additional ground rent of £30 per month.
a peppercorn rent
British English (= an extremely low rent )
• The colonel let us have the cottage for a peppercorn rent.
back rent
(= rent you owe for an earlier period )
• Mrs Carr said she is still owed several thousand dollars in back rent.
the rent is due
(= it must be paid at a particular time )
• The rent is due at the beginning of the week.
verbs
pay the rent
• She couldn’t afford to pay the rent.
increase/raise the rent
( also put up the rent British English )
• The landlord wants to put up the rent.
fall behind with the rent/get behind on the rent
(= fail to pay your rent on time )
• You could be evicted if you fall behind with the rent.
collect the rent
• His job is to collect the rents from the tenants.
the rent increases/goes up
• The rent has gone up by over 50% in the last two years.
rent + NOUN
a rent increase
• How can they justify such big rent increases?
rent arrears
British English (= money that you owe because you have not paid your rent )
• The most common debts were rent arrears.
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noun ADJ. exorbitant, high The tenants were not prepared to pay the higher rents demanded. | affordable, low | nominal, peppercorn | fair | reduced | increased | rising Discontent resulted from sharply rising rents. | fixed | annual, monthly, weekly | initial The initial rent will be reviewed annually. | back, outstanding, unpaid | farm, ground, house/housing, land, office VERB + RENT pay | afford He couldn't afford the rent by himself. | be/fall behind with, owe You put your tenancy at risk if you fall behind with the rent. | charge The rent charged depends largely on the size and locality of the flat. | collect The landlord came around to collect the month's rent. | receive The council receives rent on local property that it owns. | fix The rent will be fixed at 18% of the market value of the property. | increase, push up, put up, raise The large stores have pushed up the rents in the area. The new lease will put her rent up to £200 a week. | calculate, determine RENT + VERB be/fall due, be payable The rent will fall due on the last day of the quarter. | go up, increase, rise Their rent has increased from £5,200 to £8,600 a year. | fall RENT + NOUN money, payment | arrears | level They took the landlord to court over increasing rent levels. | increase, rise | review | allowance, rebate, subsidy | control | collection | strike | man Thousands try to avoid the rent man so they can have more cash to spend. PREP. in ~ The company has paid out a lot of money in rent. | ~ for The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable. | ~ from They earned rent from their property in London. | ~ on the rent on a factory PHRASES arrears of rent to be liable for arrears of rent | a month's/week's/year's rent, the non-payment/payment of rent The movement advocated the non-payment of rent and taxes.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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Phrase(s): rent something (out) (to someone)
to sell temporary rights for the use of something to someone. • I rented the back room out to a nice young student. • We rented the back room to someone. • For how long did you rent it out? • Let’s rent out the garage.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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to pay money to use something
rent
to pay money to use a house, room, vehicle, piece of equipment, area of land etc:
• He rented a room in a house on the Old Kent Road. • They flew out to New York and rented a car at the airport.
hire
British English to pay money to use a car or a piece of clothing or equipment for a short period of time:
• Why don't we hire a van for the day? • You can hire suits for weddings.
lease
to have a legal agreement under which you pay money to a person or company in order to use a building, area of land, vehicle, piece of equipment etc for a fixed period of time:
• They leased the offices from an American company. • The car is leased from BMW.
to allow somebody to use something for money
rent/rent something out
to allow someone to use a house, room, vehicle, piece of equpiment, area of land etc in return for money:
• She rents the flat out to students.
let/let something out
to allow someone to use a room, house, building etc in return for money:
• Some people don't want to let rooms to foreigners. • They let the house out while they were on holiday.
lease/lease something out
to make a legal agreement which allows a person or company to use something that you own for a fixed period of time:
• Santa Clara ' s Redevelopment Agency leased the existing city golf course to developers.
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