Definition of Renting

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

Exact synonyms: Rental
Generic synonyms: Dealing, Dealings, Transaction
Category relationships: Auto, Automobile, Car, Machine, Motorcar
Derivative terms: Rent, Rent

Definition of Renting

1. Verb. (present participle of ''rent'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Renting

1. rent [v] - See also: rent

Lexicographical Neighbors of Renting

rentals
rentback
rentboy
rentboys
rente
rented
rentee
rentees
renter
renterer
renterers
renters
rentes
rentier
rentiers
renting (current term)
rents
renumber
renumbered
renumberer
renumberers
renumbering
renumberings
renumbers
renumerate
renumerated
renumerates
renumerating
renumeration
renunciant

Literary usage of Renting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Economics by Frank Albert Fetter (1915)
"renting of real-estate for business uses. § 10. The renting contract in other cases. § 11. Buying the usance without the renting contract. § 12. ..."

2. Agricultural Economics: A Selection of Materials in which Economic by Edwin Griswold Nourse (1916)
"If it be part of the renting contract that the landlord shall furnish teams, ... METHODS OF renting LAND IN IOWA' BY OG LLOYD In general, there are two ..."

3. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1822)
"renting a coney warren will gain a settlement. Str. 678. renting a fishery will gain a settlement. Q. Whether the kind of fishery be щ. terial. iT.R. 3S8. ..."

4. An Analytical Digested Index to the Common Law Reports: From the Time of by Thomas Coventry, Samuel Hughes (1832)
"A windmill is a tenement within 9 & 10 Will 3. ; therefore, by renting one of the ... A settlement is gained by renting of £12 a year, for half a year only. ..."

5. Introduction to Economics by John Roscoe Turner (1919)
"CHAPTER XVII THE renting CONTRACT 1. Introduction. 2. Definition of rent. 3. ... The renting contract prospective. 7. The time element in rent. 8. ..."

6. Introduction to Economics by John Roscoe Turner (1919)
"CHAPTER XVII THE renting CONTRACT 1. Introduction. 2. Definition of rent. 3. ... The renting contract prospective. 7. The time element in rent. 8. ..."

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