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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 裂缝; ( 意见) 分歧
• ［英］ n. 裂缝 ( an opening made by rending) ; ( 意见) 分歧 ( a split in a party; schism)
• ［记］ rent作为""租金""大家都熟悉
• ［例］ a rent in a political party ( 党内不和)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English rente, from Anglo-French, payment, income, from Vulgar Latin *rendita, from feminine of *renditus, past participle of *rendere to yield — more at render
• Date: 12th century
• 1. property (as a house) rented or for rent
• 2.
  • a. a usually fixed periodical return made by a tenant or occupant of property to the owner for the possession and use thereof; especially an agreed sum paid at fixed intervals by a tenant to the landlord
  • b. the amount paid by a hirer of personal property to the owner for the use thereof
• 3.
  • a. the portion of the income of an economy (as of a nation) attributable to land as a factor of production in addition to capital and labor
  • b. economic rent

II. verb

• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to grant the possession and enjoyment of in exchange for rent
  • 2. to take and hold under an agreement to pay rent
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to be for rent
  • 2.
    • a. to obtain the possession and use of a place or article in exchange for rent
    • b. to allow the possession and use of property in exchange for rent
• Synonyms: see hire
• ? rentability noun
• ? rentable adjective

III. *past and past participle of rend IV. noun

• Etymology: English dialect rent to rend, from Middle English, alteration of renden — more at rend
• Date: 1535
• 1. an opening made by or as if by rending
• 2. a split in a party or organized group ; schism
• 3. an act or instance of rending

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