- [uncountable, countable] an amount of money that you regularly pay so that you can use a house, room, etc.
- I earn just about enough to pay the rent.
- How much rent do you pay for this place?
- The landlord has put the rent up again.
- The landlord charged them a month's rent in advance.
- a high/low/fair rent
- He was evicted for rent arrears.
- rent for something What's the average rent for homes in your part of town?
- rent on something The rent on the two-bedroom flat was £250 a week.
- at a … rent The supply of housing at affordable rents became inadequate.
- at a rent of something The property is available at a rent of £55,000 per annum.
- (British English) a rent book (= used to record payments of rent)
Collocations Moving houseMoving house Rentingcompare hire- live in a rented/(especially North American English) rental property
- rent/share/move into a furnished house/(British English) flat/(especially North American English) apartment
- rent a studio/(British English) a studio flat/(especially North American English) a studio apartment/(British English) a bedsit
- find/get a housemate/(British English) a flatmate/(North American English) a roommate
- sign/break the lease/rental agreement/contract
- extend/renew/terminate the lease/(British English) tenancy
- afford/pay the rent/the bills/(North American English) the utilities
- (especially British English) fall behind with/ (especially North American English) fall behind on the rent
- pay/lose/return a damage deposit/(North American English) security deposit
- give/receive a month’s/two-weeks’ notice to leave/vacate the property
- have a flat/an apartment/a room (British English) to let/(especially North American English) for rent
- rent (out)/lease (out)/ (British English) let (out)/sublet a flat/an apartment/a house/a property
- collect/increase/raise the rent
- evict the existing tenants
- attract/find new/prospective tenants
- invest in rental property/(British English) property to let/(British English) the buy-to-let market
- buy/acquire/purchase a house/(a) property/(especially North American English) (a piece of) prime real estate
- call/contact/use (British English) an estate agent/(North American English) a Realtor™/(North American English) a real estate agent/broker
- make/ (British English) put in an offer on a house
- put down/save for (British English) a deposit on a house
- make/put/save for (especially North American English) 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/(British English also) repayments
- (British English) repossess/ (especially North American English) foreclose on somebody’s home/house
- 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 British English) deeds of/to the house, land, etc.
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesb1, Moneyb1- 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.
- They began falling behind in their rent.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- exorbitant
- high
- affordable
- …
- pay
- afford
- be behind with
- …
- be due
- be payable
- go up
- …
- money
- payment
- book
- …
- in rent
- rent for
- rent from
- …
- arrears of rent
- for rent
- a month’s, a year’s, etc. rent
- …
- (especially North American English) (also rental British and North American English)[uncountable, countable] the amount of money that you pay to use something for a particular period of timeOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- exorbitant
- high
- affordable
- …
- pay
- afford
- be behind with
- …
- be due
- be payable
- go up
- …
- money
- payment
- book
- …
- in rent
- rent for
- rent from
- …
- arrears of rent
- for rent
- a month’s, a year’s, etc. rent
- …
- [countable] (old use or literary) a torn place in a piece of material or clothing
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 2 Middle English: from Old French rente, from a root shared by render. noun sense 3 mid 16th cent.: from obsolete rent ‘pull to pieces, lacerate’, variant of rend.
Idioms
for rent
- (especially North American English) (especially on printed signs) available to rentTopics Houses and homesc1
British/American rent / hire / letrent / hire / letVerbs
See rent in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee rent in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English- You can hire something for a short period of time (British English 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 North American English, rent is always used. It is sometimes now used in British English instead of hire, too.
- The owners of a thing can hire it out for a short period:
- (British English) Do you hire out bikes?
- We rent out rooms in our house to students.
- Outside a building you could see:
- (British English) To let
- (especially North American English) For rent
- To hire can also mean to employ somebody, especially in North American English:
- We hired a new secretary.
- 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 (British English). On a sign outside a shop you might see:
- (British English) Bikes for hire
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