rent from

rend from (someone or something)

To rip or tear something away from or off of someone or something in a violent, forceful manner. ("Rend" conjugates to either "rent" or, less commonly, "rended" in the past tense and past participle.) Doctors had to rend the clothes from the victim before the chemicals could cause any further damage. I nearly rent the hair from my head in anger. She rended the incriminating pages from the notebook and threw them in the fire.
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rent from (one)

1. To occupy the property of another person or company in return for an amount of money, typically fixed by contract and paid in regular intervals. I'm so tired of renting from greedy landlords and realtors. I've got a family renting from me while I work in Japan for the next year.
2. To obtain the use something that belongs to another person or company in return for an amount of money. We're going to rent bikes from the shop next to our hostel and take them around the city tomorrow. A local artist is renting some studio space from me at the moment.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

rent something from someone

to pay someone for the use of something. We rented a small car from one of the rental agencies. They rented a house from a local realtor.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • (someone or something) promises well
  • a/the feel of (something)
  • (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
  • (have) got something going (with someone)
  • a straw will show which way the wind blows
  • a whack at (something)
  • accompanied by
  • accompanied by (someone or something)
  • accompany
  • a crack at (someone or something)
References in periodicals archive
Recently, RSA introduced a new member service, a Rent Recovery/Collections Program designed to recover unpaid rent from tenets who move prior to the expiration of their lease or from tenants who are evicted for non-payment or other reasons.
Preserving vacancy decontrol
Thus, lease agreements should clearly identify advance rent from payments made by a lessee for leasehold improvements.
Maximizing deductions when acquiring real property leases
Owner may, after a default by Tenant, collect rent from the...
The bankrupt bankruptcy clause
No adjustments would be made to year 2 rent; however, interest of $24,476 on the deferred rent from year 1 would be included in income and deducted (of course, $250,000 of year 2 rent would also be taken into account).
Sec. 467 rental agreements
Agrees Mitofsky, "The rent deposit law as written was designed to eliminate tenants that do not have the money to pay the rent from toying with the system."
Rent deposit to begin Oct. 19th
In addition, the owner demonstrated in the record on appeal, that its then understaffed office had explicit instructions not to accept any tender of rent from this tenant, but that the checks had been inadvertently retained prior to the ultimate rejection.
Retained but returned rent checks don't vitiate notices
She paid her monthly rent from August 1991, when she took occupancy of the unit, to May 1992.
Condo owner's bankruptcy does not protect its tenant
Thus, the Appellate Term, by a majority vote, ruled that the landlord, 1100 Avenue of the Americas Associates, was not entitled to additional rent from the tenant due to tax increases on the building because the real estate taxes were not being paid by the landlord.
Tax escalation clause
If the building contains six or more units, the owner is entitled to a free market rent from the next tenant, with the premises thereafter being subjected to rent regulation.
No succession to loft tenancy
A reasonable interpretation would be that the owner could obtain the higher rent from another tenant."
What happens when an apartment owner lowers rent?
When residents in a Manhattan loft space began to withhold rent from the loft owner, an eviction proceeding against the tenants for non-payment of rent was commenced.
Owner without C of O can still sue for rent
"Will the bank or the board have first dibs on the rent from the tenant?" he asked.
Boards can collect rent from tenants