rent

英 [rent] 美[r?nt]

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復數:?rents;第三人稱單數:?rents;過去式:?rented;過去分詞:?rented;現在分詞:?renting;

rent 租金

來自古法語 rente,應付款，利潤，收入，來自俗拉丁語*rendere,給予，給回，詞源同 render. 引申詞義租金。

rent: rent: English has two words rent. The one meaning ‘payment’ [12] comes via Old French rente from Vulgar Latin *rendita, a noun use of the feminine past participle of *rendere ‘give back’ (source of English render). Rent ‘tear, rift’ [16] comes from the verb rend [OE], which goes back to Old English rendan. Its ultimate antecedents are not known, although it may be related to Sanskrit rándhra- ‘split’.
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rent (n.1): "payment for use of property," mid-12c., a legal sense, originally "income, revenue" (late Old English), from Old French rente "payment due; profit, income," from Vulgar Latin *rendita, noun use of fem. past participle of rendere "to render" (see render (v.)).
rent (v.): mid-15c., "to rent out property, grant possession and enjoyment of in exchange for a consideration paid," from Old French renter "pay dues to," or from rent (n.1). Related: Rented; renting. Earlier (mid-14c.) in the more general sense of "provide with revenue." Sense of "to take and hold in exchange for rent" is from 1520s. Intransitive sense of "be leased for rent" is from 1784. Prefix rent-a- first attested 1921, mainly of businesses that rented various makes of car (Rentacar is a trademark registered in U.S. 1924); extended to other "temporary" uses since 1961.
rent (n.2): "torn place," 1530s, noun use of Middle English renten "to tear, rend" (early 14c.), variant of renden (see rend (v.)).

1. They actually moved down from upstairs because the rent's that expensive.: 他們確實從樓上搬到了樓下，因為房租太貴了。

2. The monthly rent for a two-bedroom flat would be ￡953.33.: 雙臥室的公寓每月房租是953.33英鎊。

4. Traders in Marble Arch are facing huge rent increases.: 大理石拱門的經銷商們面臨租金的大幅上漲。