Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
RENT
I. noun see: render
Date: 12th century
property (as a house) rented or for rent,
2. a usually fixed periodical return made by a tenant or occupant of property to the owner for the possession and use thereof, the amount paid by a hirer of personal property to the owner for the use thereof,
3. the portion of the income of an economy (as of a nation) attributable to land as a factor of production in addition to capital and labor, economic rent ,
II. verb
Date: 15th century
transitive verb to grant the possession and enjoyment of in exchange for rent, to take and hold under an agreement to pay rent, intransitive verb to be for rent,
2. to obtain the possession and use of a place or article in exchange for rent, to allow the possession and use of property in exchange for rent, see: hire rentability noun rentable adjective see: rend
IV. noun see: rend
Date: 1535
an opening made by or as if by rending, a split in a party or organized group ; schism , an act or instance of rending