RENT

To rant. [R. & Obs.] Hudibras.

imp. & p. p. of Rend.

An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear. See what a rent the envious Casca made. Shak.

Figuratively, a schim; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church.

To tear. See Rend. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Incone; revenue. See Catel. [Obs.] "Catel had they enough and rent." Chaucer. [Bacchus] a waster was and all his rent In wine and bordel he dispent. Gower. So bought an annual rent or two, And liv'd, just as you see I do. Pope.

Pay; reward; share; toll. [Obs.] Death, that taketh of high and low his rent. Chaucer.

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.

To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it.

To take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the tennant rents an estate of the owner.

To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year.