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11 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rent \Rent\, n. (Polit. Econ.) a That portion of the produce of the earth paid to the landlord for the use of the ``original and indestructible powers of the soil;'' the excess of the return from a given piece of cultivated land over that from land of equal area at the ``margin of cultivation.'' Called also {economic, or Ricardian rent}. Economic rent is due partly to differences of productivity, but chiefly to advantages of location; it is equivalent to ordinary or commercial rent less interest on improvements, and nearly equivalent to ground rent. b Loosely, a return or profit from a differential advantage for production, as in case of income or earnings due to rare natural gifts creating a natural monopoly. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rend \Rend\ (r[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rent} (r?nt); p. pr & vb n. {Rending}.] [AS. rendan, hrendan cf OFries renda, randa, Fries. renne to cut, rend, Icel. hrinda to push thrust, AS hrindan or cf Icel. r?na to rob, plunder, Ir rannaim to divide, share, part W. rhanu Armor. ranna.] 1. To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst; as powder rends a rock in blasting; lightning rends an oak. The dreadful thunder Doth rend the region. --Shak. 2. To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force. An empire from its old foundations rent. --Dryden. I will surely rend the kingdom from thee. --1 Kings xi 11. {To rap and rend}. See under {Rap}, v. t., to snatch. Syn: To tear; burst; break; rupture; lacerate; fracture; crack; split. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rent \Rent\ (r?nt), v. i. To rant. [R. & Obs.] --Hudibras. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rent \Rent\, imp. & p. p. of {Rend}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rent \Rent\, n. [From {Rend}.] 1. An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear. See what a rent the envious Casca made --Shak. 2. Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as a rent in the church. Syn: Fissure; breach; disrupture; rupture; tear; dilaceration; break; fracture. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rent \Rent\, v. t. To tear. See {Rend}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rent \Rent\, n. [F. rente, LL renta, fr L. reddita fem. sing. or neut. pl of redditus p. p. of reddere to give back pay See {Render}.] 1. Income; 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. 2. Pay reward; share; toll. [Obs.] Death, that taketh of high and low his rent. --Chaucer. 3. (Law) 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 Note: The term rent is also popularly applied to compensation for the use of certain personal chattels, as a piano, a sewing machine, etc {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, 3. {Forehand rent}, rent which is paid in advance; foregift. {Rent arrear}, rent in arrears; unpaid rent. --Blackstone. {Rent charge} (Law), a rent reserved on a conveyance of land in fee simple, or granted out of lands by deed; -- so called because by a covenant or clause in the deed of conveyance, the land is charged with a distress for the payment of it --Bouvier. {Rent roll}, a list or account of rents or income; a rental. {Rent seck} (Law), a rent reserved by deed, but without any clause of distress; barren rent. A power of distress was made incident to rent seck by Statute 4 George II c. 28. {Rent service} (Eng. Law), rent reserved out of land held by fealty or other corporeal service; -- so called from such service being incident to it {White rent}, a quitrent when paid in silver; -- opposed to black rent. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rent \Rent\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rented}; p. pr & vb n. {Renting}.] [F. renter. See {Rent}, n.] 1. To grant the possession and enjoyment of for a rent; to lease; as the owwner of an estate or house rents it From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rent \Rent\, v. i. To be leased, or let for rent; as an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rent adj : shattered or torn up or torn apart violently as by e.g. wind or lightning or explosive; "an old blasted apple tree"; "a tree rent by lightning"; "cities torn by bombs"; "earthquake-torn streets" [syn: {blasted}, {ripped}, {torn}] n 1: a regular payment by a tenant to a landlord for use of some property 2: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants" [syn: {rip}, {split}, {tear}] 3: the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions [syn: {economic rent}] 4: the act of rending or ripping or splitting something "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" [syn: {rip}, {split}] v 1: let for money; of housing [syn: {lease}] 2: grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners" [syn: {lease}, {let}] 3: engage in a commercial transaction; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" [syn: {lease}, {hire}, {charter}, {engage}, {take}] 4: hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services [syn: {hire}, {charter}, {lease}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Rent (Isa. 3:24), probably a rope, as rendered in the LXX. and Vulgate and Revised Version, or as some prefer interpreting the phrase, "girdle and robe are torn [i.e., are 'a rent'] by the hand of violence."
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