1. (imp. & p. p.) of Rend.

2. (v. i.) To rant.

3. (v.) imp. & p. p. of Rend.

4. (n.) An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear.

5. (n.) Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church.

6. (v. t.) To tear. See Rend.

7. (n.) Income; revenue. See Catel.

8. (n.) Pay; reward; share; toll.

9. (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.

10. (n.) To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owner of an estate or house rents it.

11. (n.) To take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the tenant rents an estate of the owner.

12. (v. i.) To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year.

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