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overrent

overrent verb: to rent for too much.

Verb

overrent (third-person singular simple present overrents, present participle overrenting, simple past and past participle overrented)

  1. (transitive) To rent for too much.
  2. (intransitive) To exact too high a rent.

Forms of overrent

third-person singular presentoverrents
present participleoverrenting
past participleoverrented
pastoverrented

Origin of overrent

From over- + rent.

Questions about overrent

What does overrent mean?
Overrent means to rent for too much.
What part of speech is overrent?
Overrent is a verb.
What is the past tense of overrent?
The past tense of overrent is overrented.

Words near overrent in the dictionary

  1. overreligion
  2. overreligious
  3. overrely
  4. overrelying
  5. overren
  6. overrent
  7. overrented
  8. overrenting
  9. overrents
  10. overrep
  11. overrepetition

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