The noun rent has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (6) rent -- (a regular payment by a tenant to a landlord for use of some property)
2. (2) rip, rent, snag, split, tear -- (an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings")
3. economic rent, rent -- (the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions)
4. rent, rip, split -- (the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip")
Overview of verb rent
The verb rent has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (6) rent, lease -- (let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad")
2. (2) lease, let, rent -- (grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners")
3. (1) lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take -- (engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?")
4. rent, hire, charter, lease -- (hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services)
Overview of verb rend
The verb rend has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) rend, rip, rive, pull -- (tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips")