rental

[ ren-tl ]
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noun
  1. an amount received or paid as rent.

  2. the act of renting.

  1. an apartment, house, car, etc., offered or given for rent.

  2. an income arising from rents received.

  3. a rent-roll.

adjective
  1. of or relating to rent.

  2. available for rent.

  1. engaged in the business of providing rentals: a rental agency.

Origin of rental

1
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English word from Anglo-Latin word rentāle.See rent1, -al2

Other words from rental

  • pre·rent·al, noun
  • re·rent·al, noun

Words Nearby rental

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How to use rental in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for rental

rental

/ (ˈrɛntəl) /


noun
    • the amount paid by a tenant as rent

    • the amount paid by a user for the use of property: telephone rental

    • an income derived from rents received

  1. property available for renting

  1. a less common name for rent-roll

adjective
  1. of or relating to rent or renting

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