Rent Pay Landlord Put Charged Month's Money Property

• i earn just about enough to pay the rent.
• how much rent do you pay for this place?
• the landlord has put the rent up again.
• the landlord charged them a month's rent in advance.

rent

1. an amount of money that you regularly pay so that you can use a house, room, etc.
• SEE ALSO ground rent
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• I earn just about enough to pay the rent.
• How much rent do you pay for this place?
• The landlord has put the rent up again.
• The landlord charged them a month's rent in advance.
• a high/low/fair rent
• He was evicted for rent arrears.
• What's the average rent for homes in your part of town?
• The rent on the two-bedroom flat was £250 a week.
• The supply of housing at affordable rents became inadequate.
• The property is available at a rent of £55,000 per annum.
• a rent book (= used to record payments of rent)

Extra Examples

• He couldn't afford the rent by himself.
• The company has paid out a lot of money in rent.
• The company receives rent on local property that it owns.
• The initial rent will be reviewed annually.
• The landlord came around to collect the month's rent.
• The large stores have pushed up the rents in the area.
• The movement advocated the non-payment of rent and taxes.
• The new lease will put her rent up to £200 a week.
• The rent charged depends largely on the size and locality of the flat.
• The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.
• The rent is due on the last day of the quarter.
• The rent will be fixed at 18% of the market value of the property.
• The tenants were not prepared to pay the higher rents demanded.
• Their rent has increased from $25 200 to $28 600 a year.
• There was a sign saying ‘Room for rent’.
• They earned rent from their property in London.
• They get free rent in return for taking care of the house.
• They took the landlord to court over increasing rent levels.
• They weren't paying market rent on the properties.
• Thousands try to avoid the rent man so they can have more cash to spend.
• We gave tenants rent books.
• You put your tenancy at risk if you fall behind with the rent.
• the rent on a factory
• to be liable for arrears of rent
• Rents are rising in the business district.
• They began falling behind in their rent.
2. the amount of money that you pay to use something for a particular period of time
3. a torn place in a piece of material or clothing
4. available to rent

Word Origin

• noun senses 1 to 2 Middle English: from Old French rente, from a root shared by render. noun sense 3 mid 16th cent.: from obsolete rent ‘pull to pieces, lacerate’, variant of rend.