What is the meaning of rent?

noun

• A payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service.
• An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart.
  • usage: "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"
  • synonyms: rip, snag, split, tear
• The return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions.
  • synonyms: economic rent
• The act of rending or ripping or splitting something.
  • usage: "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"
  • synonyms: rip, split

verb

• Tear or be torn violently.
  • usage: "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"
  • synonyms: rend, rip, rive, pull
• Let for money.
  • usage: "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad"
  • synonyms: lease
• Grant use or occupation of under a term of contract.
  • usage: "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"
  • synonyms: lease, let
• Engage for service under a term of contract.
  • usage: "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome"
  • synonyms: lease, hire, charter, engage, take
• Hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services.
  • synonyms: hire, charter, lease