noun
plural rents
money that you pay in return for being able to use property and especially to live in an apartment, house, etc., that belongs to someone else [noncount]
for rent
chiefly US :available for use in return for payment :available to be rented
verb
rents; rented; renting
to pay money in return for being able to use (something that belongs to someone else) [+ obj]
[+ obj] :to allow someone to use (something) in return for payment
[no obj] :to be available for use in return for payment :to be for rent
past tense and past participle of rend
noun
plural rents
[count] formal + literary :a hole made by tearing something
US