Collocations for "rent"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "rent" in context.
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rent
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [apartment, house, shop, store, office] rent
- an [apartment] for rent
- pay rent per [week, month, year]
- owe [two] months of back rent
- (didn't) pay the rent on time
- can't make rent this month
- rent is tight this month
- missed my rent this month
- how much rent do you [pay, charge]?
- pay the rent [in cash, by transfer]
- pay a rent of [$900]
- pay [$900] in rent (for)
- rents are [high, reasonable, pricey]
- [increase, put up, lower] the rent
- a rent [increase, hike, demand]
- [is, works as, became] a rent boy
- rent a [room, car, movie]
- rented the [house, apartment]
- rent [property, land]
- rent space in a [salon, warehouse, studio]
- rent [skis, equipment, costumes, furniture]
- rent out your [room]
- rent to own
- buy to rent (out)
- rent or [buy, sell, lease]
- began renting
- rent for [$400] per [month]
- rented for [two] [years]
- rented by [hours, days, weeks]
- rented it from [the owner, a friend, a rental company]
'rent' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ID
- advance
- apartment
- arrears
- available
- behind
- boat
- buy
- cabin
- calendar
- costume
- cottage
- difficulty
- earn
- equipment
- flatmate
- grace
- holding
- homecoming
- land
- landlord
- lesser
- loan
- month
- monthly
- movie
- offer
- outgoing
- overdue
- overhead
- owe
- own
- owner
- penthouse
- pickup
- property
- purchase
- refurbish
- room
- roommate
- salary
- save
- sell
- skip
- storage
- stretch
- stripper
- tenant
- vacant
- vacation