rentals

Noun

rental (countable and uncountable, plural rentals)

1. Something that is rented.
   • It's just a rental, so I don't need to take very good care of it.
2. The payment made to rent something.
   • On a grass roots level we are making the film available at a nominal rental to gay organizations, student groups, and religious affiliates so that gay people and their straight friends can see GAY USA now.1977 December 17, Michael Bronski, Arthur Bressan, “Bressan's "Politics Of Celebration"”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 24, page 9
3. A business that rents out something to its customers.
4. An act of renting.
5. A player traded to a team with a year or less on his contract
   • [When the trade deadline approaches], Everyone wants to talk about which preening millionaire is going to be shipped out of town because he can't get along with his GM, or what veteran is going to finally get a shot at a Cup, or which guy is going to a contender as a "rental." Sure, it's gossip. Is...2012, Sean Pronger, Journeyman: The Many Triumphs (and Even More Defeats) Of A Guy Who's Seen Just About Everything in the Game of Hockey

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