Real Dictionary

rent
verb: If you rent something, you regularly pay its owner a sum of money in order to be able to have it and use it yourself.

rent in American English 1
a stated return or payment for the temporary possession or use of a house, land, or other property, made, usually at fixed intervals, by the tenant or user to the owner
to get temporary possession and use of (a house, land, etc.) by paying rent
noun: a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property

rent in American English 2
a hole or gap made by rending or tearing, as a torn place in cloth, a fissure in the earth, etc.
noun: an opening made by rending or tearing; slit; fissure
verb

rent in American English 3
rend

rent in British English 1
noun: a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord or owner for the occupation or use of land, buildings, or by a user for the use of other property, such as a telephone

rent in British English 2
noun: a slit or opening made by tearing or rending; tear
verb