rent

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1. 1.An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear. See what a rent the envious Casca made. Shak.
2. 2.Figuratively, a schim; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church.
3. 3.To tear. See Rend. [Obs.] Chaucer.
4. 4.Incone; revenue. See Catel. [Obs.] "Catel had they enough and rent." Chaucer. [Bacchus] a waster was and all his rent In wine and bordel he dispent. Gower. So bought an annual rent or two, And liv'd, just as you see I do. Pope.
5. 5.Pay; reward; share; toll. [Obs.] Death, that taketh of high and low his rent. Chaucer.
6. 6.(Law) 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. Note: The term rent is also popularly applied to compensation for the use of certain personal chattles, as a piano, a sewing machine, etc. Black rent. See Blackmail, 3. -- Forehand rent, rent which is paid in advance; foregift. -- Rent arrear, rent in arrears; unpaid rent. Blackstone. -- Rent charge (Law), a rent reserved on a conveyance of land in fee simple, or granted out of lands by deed; -- so called because, by a covenant or clause in the deed of conveyance, the land is charged with a distress for the payment of it, Bouvier. -- Rent roll, a list or account of rents or income; a rental. -- Rent seck (Law), a rent reserved by deed, but without any clause of distress; barren rent. A power of distress was made incident to rent seck by Statue 4 George II. c.
7. 7.-- Rent service (Eng. Law), rent reserved out of land held by fealty or other corporeal service; -- so called from such service being incident to it. -- White rent, a quitrent when paid in silver; -- opposed to black rent.
8. 8.To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it.
9. 9.To take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the tennant rents an estate of the owner.
10. 10.To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is an opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear. See what a rent the envious Casca made. Shak called?
• What is figuratively, a schim; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church called?
• What is pay; reward; share; toll. [Obs.] Death, that taketh of high and low his rent. Chaucer called?
• What is to grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it called?
• What is to take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the tennant rents an estate of the owner called?
• What is to be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year called?