mass noun
1- a tenant's regular payment to a landlord for the use of property or land房租, 地租。
1.1
- a sum paid for the hire of equipment(设备)租费, 租金。
with obj.
1- pay someone for the use of (something, typically property, land, or a car)租借(尤指财产、土地或汽车), 租用:
they rented a house together in Sussex
他们在苏塞克斯郡合租了房子
as adj. rented a rented apartment.租用的公寓。
1.1
- (of an owner) let someone use (something) in return for payment出租:
he purchased a large tract of land and rented out most of it to local farmers.
他购买了一大片土地并把其中大部分出租给当地的农民。
1.2
- no obj. chiefly N. Amer. be let or hired out at a specified rate〈主北美〉出租, 出借:
skis or snowboards rent for $60-80 for six days.
滑雪橇和滑雪板以每六天60至80美元的价格出租。
短语
for rent
- available to be rented供租用。
词源
Middle English: from Old French rente, from a root shared by RENDER.