rents

Meanings

• noun

  The payment made by a tenant to a landlord for the use of property.

  - "I pay rent every month for my apartment."
  - "The landlord increased the rent by 10% this year."

• verb

  To give out on rent or lease.

  - "This property rents for $1500 a month."
  - "The building is rented out to various tenants."

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Pronunciation

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with rents
ents , pents , mints

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Variants

List of all variants of rents that leads to same result
rent , rentabilities , rentability , rentable , rented , renting , rents , for rent , economic rent , economic rents , ground rent , ground rents , rack-rent , rack-rented , rack-renting , rack-rents , rack rent , rack rents

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Etymology

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Old French 'rent', from 'rendre', 'to give back, yield'

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Trivia

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1. The word 'rent' comes from the Old French 'rendre', meaning 'to give back' or 'to yield'.

2. In some countries, 'rent' is referred to as 'rental income'.

3. The term 'rent control' refers to laws and regulations that limit how much landlords can increase rents.

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Related Concepts

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1. lease: A contract between a landlord and tenant, granting the tenant use of a property for a specified period and rent.

2. mortgage: A loan secured by real property, which is repaid with interest over a specified period.

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Culture

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In literature, 'rents' can refer to the financial struggles of tenants, such as in Mark Twain's 'Pudd'nhead Wilson' or in the poem 'The Rent' by William Butler Yeats.

How to Memorize "rents"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a tenant handing a check or cash to a landlord, representing rent.

2. associate
   

   - Associate 'rent' with the idea of a monthly payment for living space.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic: 'Rent' stands for 'Regular Expense Necessary for Tenancy'.

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