renting

Verb

rent (third-person singular simple present rents, present participle renting, simple past and past participle rented)

1. (transitive) To take a lease of premises in exchange for rent.
   • I rented a house from my friend's parents for a year.
2. (informal, transitive) To grant a lease in return for rent.
   • We rented our house to our son's friend for a year.
3. (transitive) To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.
   • In Pärnu the beach is closed, but the Neptun cooperative still runs its beachfront shop, renting surfboards and beach chairs.1989 May, Priit J. Vesilind, “The Baltic: Arena of Power”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 632
4. (informal, intransitive) To be leased or let for rent.
   • The house rents for five hundred dollars a month.

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