1. A regular payment by a tenant to a landlord for use of some property.
2. The act of rending or ripping or splitting something; SYN. rip, split.
3. Obligatory payment for hiring property, made by a tenant to a landlord under the terms of a lease or tenancy agreement.

ETYM Late Lat. rentale, from renta. Related to Rent income.
1. An amount paid or collected as rent.
2. Something that is rented.
3. An act of renting.
4. A business that rents something.
5. The act of renting (an apartment or house or car); SYN. renting.