RENTAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rental mean? 

• RENTAL (noun)
  The noun RENTAL has 2 senses:

1. property that is leased or rented out or let

2. the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car)

  Familiarity information: RENTAL used as a noun is rare.

• RENTAL (adjective)
  The adjective RENTAL has 2 senses:

1. available to rent or lease

2. of or relating to rent

  Familiarity information: RENTAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RENTAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Property that is leased or rented out or let

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

lease; letting; rental

Hypernyms ("rental" is a kind of...):

belongings; holding; property (something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rental"):

car rental; hire car; rent-a-car; self-drive; u-drive; you-drive (a rented car)

sublease; sublet (a lease from one lessee to another)

Derivation:

rental (available to rent or lease)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

rental; renting

Hypernyms ("rental" is a kind of...):

dealing; dealings; transaction (the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities))

Domain category:

auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)

Derivation:

rent (engage for service under a term of contract)

• RENTAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Available to rent or lease

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

a rental car

Pertainym:

rental (property that is leased or rented out or let)

Derivation:

rental (property that is leased or rented out or let)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to rent

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

rental charges

Pertainym:

rent (a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service)

Derivation:

rent (a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service)

 Context examples 

The second rental she found was the same price as the cramped small apartment she had looked at earlier.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you need to move, you can now find a space that you like—you may close on a new house or condo or move into a spacious rental near or just after the new moon in Pisces, February 23.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

It is also possible your mother or father will give or loan you what you would need to put toward a down payment on a house or condo or for a hefty deposit on a rental.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)