rent (/rent/)
noun · Beginner · Daily Life
🔊 /rent/
Meaning
Meaning: payment for use
Money paid regularly to use a house, flat, or other property owned by someone else.
Examples
🗣 The rent on their small city flat rose again, so they began looking for somewhere cheaper.
Etymology
From Old French ‘rente’, from Latin ‘reddita’ (given back, paid).
How & Where It’s Used
Means the payment and, as a verb, the act of paying to use property.
Tags: money, home