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1. To rant. 2. imp. & p. p. of Rend. 3. An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear. 4. Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church. 5. To tear. See Rend. 6. Income; revenue. See Catel. 7. Pay; reward; share; toll. 8. A certain periodical profit, whether in money, provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and tenements in payment for the use; commonly, a certain pecuniary sum agreed upon between a tenant and his landlord, paid at fixed intervals by the lessee to the lessor, for the use of land or its appendages; as, rent for a farm, a house, a park, etc. 9. To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it. 10. To take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the tennant rents an estate of the owner. 11. To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year. 12. of Rend 13. the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" 
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