noun
- plural of rent; payments made for the use of property or equipment
- plural of rent; tears or holes in fabric or material
verb
- third person singular present of rent; pays money to use someone else’s property
- third person singular present of rent; allows someone to use property in exchange for payment
Examples
- The landlord collects rents from all tenants on the first of each month.
- She rents a small apartment downtown for $800 per month.
- The old curtains had several rents from years of use.
- He rents out his vacation home during the summer.
- Monthly rents in the city have increased significantly.
- The company rents office equipment instead of buying it.
- There were small rents in the fabric where it had caught on thorns.