rent in WordNet English dictionary

1. engage for service under a term of contract
   "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
   lease  rent  hire  charter  engage  take 
   
2. hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
   rent  hire  charter  lease 
   
3. grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
   "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"
   lease  let  rent 
   
4. let for money
   "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad"
   rent  lease 
   

1. the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions
   economic rent  rent 
   
2. the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
   "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"
   rent  rip  split 
   
3. an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
   "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"
   rip  rent  snag  split  tear 
   
4. a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
   rent