Tra từ rent - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

rent [rent rents rented renting] noun, verb BrE [rent] NAmE [rent]
see also ↑rend _v.
noun
1. uncountable, countable an amount of money that you regularly pay so that you can use a house, etc
• How much rent do you pay for this place?
• The landlord has put the rent up again.
•a month's rent in advance
•a high/low/fair rent
• (BrE)a rent book (= used to record payments of rent)
compare ↑hire _n.
2. uncountable, countable (especially NAmE) = ↑rental (¹)
3. countable (formal)a torn place in a piece of material or clothing

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 2 and v. Middle English Old French rente ↑rendern. sense 3 mid 16th cent. rent ‘pull to pieces, lacerate’ ↑rend

British/American:
rent / hire / let
Verbs
You can hire something for a short period of time (BrE only), but rent something for a longer period: ▪ We can hire bikes for a day to explore the town. ◇ ▪ We don’t own our TV, we rent it.
In NAmE, rent is always used. It is sometimes now used in BrE instead of hire, too.
The owners of a thing can hire it out for a short period (BrE): ▪ Do you hire out bikes? Or they can rent (out)/let (out) a building, etc: ▪ We rent out rooms in our house to students.
Outside a building you could see: ▪ To let (BrE) ◇ ▪ For rent (especially NAmE).
To hire can also mean to employ somebody, especially in NAmE: ▪ We hired a new secretary.
see also ↑lease ▪ v. Nouns
The amount of money that you pay to rent something is rent or rental (more formal). When you hire something you pay a hire charge (BrE). On a sign outside a shop you might see: ▪ Bikes for hire (BrE).
see also ↑let, ↑lease, ↑hire ▪ n.

Collocations:
Moving house
Renting
live in a rented/(especially NAmE) rental property
rent/share/move into a furnished house/(BrE) flat/(especially NAmE) apartment
rent a studio/(BrE) a studio flat/(especially NAmE) a studio apartment/(BrE) a bedsit
find/get a housemate/(BrE) a flatmate/(NAmE) a roommate
sign/break the lease/rental agreement/contract
extend/renew/terminate the lease/(BrE) tenancy
afford/pay the rent/the bills/(NAmE) the utilities
(especially BrE) fall behind with/ (especially NAmE) fall behind on the rent
pay/lose/return a damage deposit/(NAmE) security deposit
give/receive a month's/two-weeks' notice to leave/vacate the property
Being a landlord
have a flat/apartment/room (BrE) to let/(especially NAmE) for rent
rent (out)/lease (out)/ (BrE) let (out)/sublet a flat/apartment/house/property
collect/increase/raise the rent
evict the existing tenants
attract/find new/prospective tenants
invest in rental property/(BrE) property to let/(BrE) the buy-to-let market
Buying
buy/acquire/purchase a house/(a) property/(especially NAmE) (a piece of) prime real estate
call/contact/use (BrE) an estate agent/(NAmE) a Realtor™/(NAmE) a real estate agent/broker
make/ (BrE) put in an offer on a house
put down/save for (BrE) a deposit on a house
make/put/save for (especially NAmE) a down payment on a house/home
apply for/arrange/take out a mortgage/home loan
(struggle to) pay the mortgage
make/meet/keep up/cover the monthly mortgage payments/(BrE also) repayments
(BrE) repossess/ (especially NAmE) foreclose on sb's home/house
Selling
put your house/property on the market/up for sale/up for auction
increase/lower your price/the asking price
have/hold/hand over the deed/(especially BrE) deeds of/to the house, land, etc.

Example Bank:
•He couldn't afford the rent by himself.
•The company has paid out a lot of money in rent.
•The company receives rent on local property that it owns.
•The initial rent will be reviewed annually.
•The landlord came around to collect the month's rent.
•The large stores have pushed up the rents in the area.
•The movement advocated the non-payment of rent and taxes.
•The new lease will put her rent up to £200 a week.
•The rent charged depends largely on the size and locality of the flat.
•The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.
•The rent is due on the last day of the quarter.
•The rent will be fixed at 18% of the market value of the property.
•The tenants were not prepared to pay the higher rents demanded.
•Their rent has increased from $25 200 to $28 600 a year.
•There was a sign saying ‘Room for rent’
•They earned rent from their property in London.
•They get free rent in return for taking care of the house.
•They took the landlord to court over increasing rent levels.
•They weren't paying market rent on the properties.
•Thousands try to avoid the rent man so they can have more cash to spend.
•We gave tenants rent books.
•You put your tenancy at risk if you fall behind with the rent.
•the rent on a factory
•to be liable for arrears of rent
•Rents are rising in the business district.
•The landlord charged them a month's rent in advance.
•They began falling behind in their rent.
Idiom: ↑for rent

verb
1. transitive, intransitive to regularly pay money to sb so that you can use sth that they own, such as a house, some land, a machine, etc
•~ (sth) to live in rented accommodation/housing/property
• In the long run, it works out more expensive to rent a television than to buy one.
•~ sth from sb Who do you rent the land from?
2. transitive to allow sb to use sth that you own such as a house or some land in exchange for regular payments
•~ sth (out) (to sb) He rents rooms in his house to students.
• The land is rented out to other farmers.
•She agreed to rent the room to me.
•~ sb sth She agreed to rent me the room.
3. transitive ~ sth (especially NAmE)to pay money to sb so that you can use sth for a short period of time
• We rented a car for the week and explored the area.
• Shall we rent a movie this evening?
compare ↑hire _v. (¹)
4. intransitive (NAmE)to be available for sb to use if they pay a particular amount of money
•The apartment rents for $500 a month.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 2 and v. Middle English Old French rente ↑rendern. sense 3 mid 16th cent. rent ‘pull to pieces, lacerate’ ↑rend

British/American:
rent / hire / let
Verbs
You can hire something for a short period of time (BrE only), but rent something for a longer period: ▪ We can hire bikes for a day to explore the town. ◇ ▪ We don’t own our TV, we rent it.
In NAmE, rent is always used. It is sometimes now used in BrE instead of hire, too.
The owners of a thing can hire it out for a short period (BrE): ▪ Do you hire out bikes? Or they can rent (out)/let (out) a building, etc: ▪ We rent out rooms in our house to students.
Outside a building you could see: ▪ To let (BrE) ◇ ▪ For rent (especially NAmE).
To hire can also mean to employ somebody, especially in NAmE: ▪ We hired a new secretary.
see also ↑lease ▪ v. Nouns
The amount of money that you pay to rent something is rent or rental (more formal). When you hire something you pay a hire charge (BrE). On a sign outside a shop you might see: ▪ Bikes for hire (BrE).
see also ↑let, ↑lease, ↑hire ▪ n.

Example Bank:
•They agreed to rent the land to me.
•We rented a cottage from an agency.
•We rented our house out for a year when we went abroad.
•privately rented accommodation
•He had a list of movies they had rented from the local video store.
•She rented a car at the airport.
•They rented a meeting room in a downtown hotel.
•You can rent mountain bikes and explore the area.