(imp. & p. p.) of Rend
(v. i.) To rant.
imp. & p. p. of Rend.
(n.) An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force;
a tear.
(n.) Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation;
as, a rent in the church.
(v. t.) To tear. See Rend.
(n.) Income; revenue. See Catel.
(n.) Pay; reward; share; toll.
(n.) A certain periodical profit, whether in money, provisions,
chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and tenements in payment for
the use; commonly, a certain pecuniary sum agreed upon between a tenant
and his landlord, paid at fixed intervals by the lessee to the lessor,
for the use of land or its appendages; as, rent for a farm, a house, a
park, etc.
(n.) To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to
lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it.
(n.) To take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the
tennant rents an estate of the owner.
(v. i.) To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for
five hundred dollars a year.
