Premises vs. Rent

Premises vs. Rent — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Premises and Rent

Premisesnoun

(plural only) land, and all the built structures on it, especially when considered as a single place.

Rentnoun

A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property.

Premisesnoun

The subject of a conveyance or deed

Rentnoun

A similar payment for the use of equipment or a service.

Premisesnoun

land and buildings together considered as a place of business;

bread is baked on the premises

Rentnoun

(economics) A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business.

A New York city taxicab license earns more than $10,000 a year in rent.
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Rentnoun

An object for which rent is charged or paid.

Rentnoun

(obsolete) Income; revenue.

Rentnoun

A tear or rip in some surface.

Rentnoun

A division or schism.

Rentverb

(transitive) To occupy premises in exchange for rent.

Rentverb

(transitive) To grant occupation in return for rent.

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Rentverb

(transitive) To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.

Rentverb

(intransitive) To be leased or let for rent.

The house rents for five hundred dollars a month.

Rentverb

simple past tense and past participle of rend

Rentnoun

a regular payment by a tenant to a landlord for use of some property

Rentnoun

an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart;

there was a rip in his pantsshe had snags in her stockings

Rentnoun

the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions

Rentnoun

the act of rending or ripping or splitting something;

he gave the envelope a vigorous rip

Rentverb

let for money;

We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad

Rentverb

grant use or occupation of under a term of contract;

I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners

Rentverb

engage for service under a term of contract;

We took an apartment on a quiet streetLet's rent a carShall we take a guide in Rome?

Rentverb

hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services