RENTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does renting mean? 

• RENTING (noun)
  The noun RENTING has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: RENTING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RENTING (noun)

Sense 1

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 ("renting" 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 (let for money)

 Context examples 

You may invite your family to stay over, or you might be buying, selling, or renting property.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

We once carried out a small matter of renting some chambers for him when he was the Honourable Arthur Holmwood.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

As Mr Shepherd perceived that this connexion of the Crofts did them no service with Sir Walter, he mentioned it no more; returning, with all his zeal, to dwell on the circumstances more indisputably in their favour; their age, and number, and fortune; the high idea they had formed of Kellynch Hall, and extreme solicitude for the advantage of renting it; making it appear as if they ranked nothing beyond the happiness of being the tenants of Sir Walter Elliot: an extraordinary taste, certainly, could they have been supposed in the secret of Sir Walter's estimate of the dues of a tenant.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

They were a family of the name of Martin, whom Emma well knew by character, as renting a large farm of Mr. Knightley, and residing in the parish of Donwell—very creditably, she believed—she knew Mr. Knightley thought highly of them—but they must be coarse and unpolished, and very unfit to be the intimates of a girl who wanted only a little more knowledge and elegance to be quite perfect.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Lifestyle changes like moving, buying, selling, or renting property, or renovating, making repairs, or decorating often require a considerable outlay of cash.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You could even meet in a resort, such as if you were to go skiing with friends, or if you live in a warm climate below the equator (where it is summer now), you might try renting a cottage by the turquoise sea where other singles go to relax.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The other magical day for buying, selling, or renting space, or selling or buying furniture will be March 27 when Venus in Taurus, your home sector, will reach out to Jupiter in Capricorn, your confidential twelfth house.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Some readers may be closing on a house, renting an apartment, or leasing a summer cottage, and if so, with Mercury retrograde, it would be best to delay the signing until the end of the month, November 29, when Mercury and Saturn will be supportive of long-term agreements.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you have tried to find a new place to live in the past two years by renting or buying, you likely found the prices too high for the value you were to receive.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)