1. Money or services that are rendered for the use of property; such as, the use of a hotel room: "When Rhonda's niece lived with her, the rent was always provided in the form of work around the house, the cleaning of kitchen equipment, etc."
2. Etymology: from Vulgar Latin rendere, "to give back".

1. To lease or to allow the use of something in exchange for money or some kind of service: "The shop owner said that she was renting the bicycles to customers by the day or by the week."
2. To pay money for the use of property, etc.: "Karl intends to rent a car for six months instead of buying one."
3. To tear or to destroy an article of clothing or cloth: "In her severe grief over the shooting of her little boy, the young mother rent her scarf and threw her shoes away."