rents

Noun

rent (countable and uncountable, plural rents)

1. A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.
   • I am asking £300 a week rent.
2. A similar payment for the use of a product, equipment or a service.
3. A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business.
   • A New York city taxicab license earns more than $10,000 a year in rent.
4. An object for which rent is charged or paid.
5. (obsolete) Income; revenue.
   • So bought an annual rent or two, / And liv'd, just as you see I do.1733–1737, Alexander Pope, [Imitations of Horace], London: […] R[obert] Dodsley [et al.]
6. An amount of virtual currency paid by a player to preserve their character, inventory, etc. between gameplay sessions in a multi-user dungeon.

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