n. Preterit and past participle of rend.An obsolete variant of rend.n. An opening made by rending or tearing; a tear; a fissure; a break or breach; a crevice or crack.n. A schism; a separation: as, a rent in the church.n. Synonyms Tear, rupture, rift.n. Income; revenue; receipts from any regular source.n. In law: A compensation or return made periodically, or fixed with reference to a period of time, for the possession and use of property of any kind.n. Technically, a definite compensation or return reserved by a lease, to be made periodically, or fixed with reference to a period of tenure, and payable in money, produce, or other chattels or labor, for the possession and use of land or buildings.n. The right to such compensation, particularly in respect of lands.n. In political economics, that part of the produce of the soil which is left after deducting what is necessary to the support of the producers (including the wages of the laborers), the interest on the necessary capital, and a supply of seed for the next year; that part of the produce of a given piece of cultivated land which it yields over and above that yielded by the poorest land in cultivation under equal circumstances in respect to transportation, etc.n. An endowment; revenue.n. See def. 2 .n. Rent paid in advance.To endow; secure an income to.To grant the possession and enjoyment of for a consideration in the nature of rent; let on lease.To take and hold for a consideration in the nature of rent: as, the tenant rents his farm for a year.To hire; obtain the use or benefit of for a consideration, without lease or other formality, but for a more or less extended time: as, to rent a row-boat; to rent a piano.To be leased or let for rent: as, an estate rents for five thousand dollars a year.An obsolete variant of rant.A Middle English contracted form of rendeth, 3d person singular present indicative of rend.