| 词组 | rent |
| 释义 | noun | verb rent1 noun the money that someone pays regularly to use a room, house etc that belongs to someone elseadjectives/nouns + renthigh rent Rents in the city centre are very high.low/cheap rent Government workers get low rents and other benefits.the annual/monthly/weekly rent Our annual rent is just over $15,000.affordable rent (=which people can easily pay) The city plans to provide more homes at affordable rents.exorbitant rent (=much too high) Some landlords charge exorbitant rents.ground rent BrE (=rent paid to the owner of the land that a house, office etc is built on) There is an additional ground rent of £30 per month.back rent (=rent that you owe for an earlier period) They still owe several hundred pounds in back rent.a peppercorn rent BrE (=an extremely low rent) The colonel let us have the cottage for a peppercorn rent.verbspay rent She couldn’t afford to pay the rent. | We pay rent of £450 a month on our flat.increase/raise/put up the rent The landlord wants to put up our rent.owe rent We haven’t paid the electricity bill for months and we still owe rent of around £1,000.collect the rent His job is to collect the rents from the tenants.fix the rent (=keep it at the same level) He agreed to fix the rent for two years.the rent increases/goes up The rent has gone up by over 50% in the last two years.rent + nounsa rent increase How can they justify such big rent increases?rent arrears BrE (=money that you owe because you have not paid your rent) The most common debts were rent arrears.a rent book BrE (=a book that shows the payments you have made in rent) Your rent book is a record of money you have paid.rent control (=the policy of keeping rent at an affordable level) Rent control was introduced after tenants protested in the streets.prepositionsthe rent on sth The rent on a small apartment can be as much as $1,000 a month.phrasesthe rent is due (=it must be paid at a particular time) The rent is due at the beginning of the week.fall/get behind with the rent (=fail to pay your rent on time) You could lose the flat if you fall behind with the rent.non-payment of rent The family was forced to leave for non-payment of rent.THESAURUS: rent → cost1 (1) noun | verb rent2 /rent/ verb to pay money to use a house, room, vehicle, piece of equipment, area of land etcnounsrent a house/apartment/flat/cottage I’d rather have my own house than rent.rent a room Most students rent rooms in their second year.rent a car/truck etc They flew out to New York and rented a car at the airport.rent some land The land is rented from a local farmer.prepositionsrent sth from sb/sth Some farmers rent their land from the government.THESAURUS: rent hire BrEcar | van | truck | equipment | suit to pay money to use a car or a piece of clothing or equipment for a short period of time: Why don’t we hire a van for the day? | You can hire suits for weddings. leaseoffice | building | land | property | car | equipment to have a legal agreement under which you pay money to a person or company in order to use a building, area of land, vehicle, piece of equipment etc for a fixed period of time: The car is leased from BMW.to allow sb to use sth for money rent/rent sth outhouse | apartment | flat | room to allow someone to use a house, room, vehicle, piece of equipment, area of land etc in return for money: She rents the flat out to students. let/let sth outhouse | apartment | flat | room to allow someone to use a room, house, building etc in return for money: They let the house out while they were on holiday. | Some people don’t want to let rooms to foreigners. lease/lease sth out to make a legal agreement which allows a person or company to use something that you own for a fixed period of time: Santa Clara's Redevelopment Agency leased the existing city golf course to developers. |
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