Kilo Lingo

/rent/

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Translation

The money you pay each month to live in a place you do not own.

Word origin

From Old French rente, meaning income from land.

Origin
Old French
Root
rente

Grammar

Gender
Pluralrents

Examples

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"Rent" is the money you pay to live somewhere.

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Here "rent" is a cost that comes every month.

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"Rent" is also a verb: to pay to use something.

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This word is part of lesson 28.