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rentUK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈrɛnt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/rɛnt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(rent)
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hire
- rent - let ‘hire’ and ‘rent’ If you pay a sum of money in order to use something for a short period of time, you can say that you hire it or rent it. Hire is more common in British English and rent is more common in American English. We a car from a local car agency and drove across the island. He rented a car for the weekend. If you make a series of payments in order to use something for a long period, you say that you rent it. You do not usually say that you ‘hire’ it. A month's deposit may be required before you can the house. ‘hire out’ If you hire something from someone, you can say that they hire it out to you. Companies boats do well in the summer months. ‘rent out’ If you rent something from someone, you can say that they rent it out to you. They had to the upstairs room. ‘let’ and ‘let out’ If you rent a building or piece of land from someone, you can say that they let it to you or let it out to you. The past tense and -ed participle of let is let. The cottage to an actor from London. I couldn't sell the house, so I let it . This usage is more common in British English than American English. The usual American terms are rent and rent out. The house was rented to a farmer. He repaired the boat and it out for $150. 'rent' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "rent" in the title: [how much] [ rent] - English Only forum
2 months rent / 2 monthly rents - English Only forum 4-bedroom flat or 4-room flat to rent? - English Only forum 8s-a-year ground rent - English Only forum a $3000 rent vs a rent of $3000 vs $3000 of rent - English Only forum a break in rent - English Only forum a car rental place/company, a car hire place/firm, hire/rent - English Only forum a dollar gets a dime that you're calling about the rent - English Only forum A faint cry rent the stillness of the night. - English Only forum A lot of people want <a spare bedroom> to rent out. - English Only forum a monthly rent - English Only forum a newly made rent in - English Only forum a rise in rent - English Only forum agree the rent (AE vs BE?) - English Only forum and trying to make the rent at the same time. - English Only forum As far as my rent goes - English Only forum Asunder / Rent into fragments. - English Only forum Be late to pay rent - English Only forum borrow/rent an apartment - English Only forum Can you "rent" a P.O. Box? - English Only forum can't beat the rent - English Only forum citizenship rent - English Only forum come up for rent - English Only forum Complete the rent - English Only forum cost more to rent the higher up they are - English Only forum decided to go, tell her ..., hand in the rent ... and ask her for the savings. - English Only forum deduct it from the rent - English Only forum delay the rent - English Only forum diff'rent strokes - English Only forum Difference between Rent Out and Rent - English Only forum more...
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