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| charter |
to rent something for a short time for a group of people. [1/2 definitions] |
| distrain |
to seize and hold (property), or the property of (someone), to force payment or settlement, as of a debt, claim, rent, or the like. |
| distraint |
in law, the act of seizing and holding goods as security against a debt, as for rent, damages, or the like. |
| hire |
to have the use of in return for a payment of money; rent. [1/3 definitions] |
| lease |
to make an agreement for the use of property for a certain period of time; rent. [1/3 definitions] |
| let |
to rent or lease. [1/4 definitions] |
| overhead |
the general expenses of a business. Money spent for heat, rent, electricity, or taxes is part of the overhead of running a business. [1/3 definitions] |
| quitrent |
rent paid by a feudal freeholder in the place of services otherwise required. |
| rack-rent |
exorbitantly high annual rent, equal or nearly equal to the full value of the property. [2 definitions] |
| re-lease |
to lease or rent again. |
| rent1 |
to be offered for rent. [1/4 definitions] |
| rental |
an apartment or commercial property available for rent. |
| renter |
an owner of real estate who makes property available for rent. [1/2 definitions] |
| sharecropper |
a tenant farmer who gives a portion of his or her crop to the owner of the land as rent. |
| splitting |
producing a painful sensation of being split or rent. [1/2 definitions] |
| sublet |
to rent (one's property held by lease) to another. [1/3 definitions] |
| tear2 |
the result of tearing; rent. [1/7 definitions] |
| tenancy |
the temporary occupancy or use of another's dwelling, land, or other property, esp. in return for payment of rent. [1/3 definitions] |
| tenant |
a person or group that occupies or uses another's house, office, building, or land, esp. in exchange for rent. [1/5 definitions] |
| tenant farmer |
a person who leases land for farming and pays cash or a portion of the produce as rent to the owner. |
| tenantry |
people who pay rent to use or occupy land, a building, or other property owned by another. [1/2 definitions] |
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