| • | of Rend |
| • | To rant. |
| • | imp. & p. p. of Rend. |
| • | An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear. |
| • | Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church. |
| • | To tear. See Rend. |
| • | Income; revenue. See Catel. |
| • | Pay; reward; share; toll. |
| • | 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. |
| • | To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it. |
| • | To take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the tennant rents an estate of the owner. |
| • | To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year. |
