{
    "term": "rent",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an amount of money that you regularly pay so that you can use a house, room, etc.",
            "sensetop": "rent for somethingrent on somethingat a … rentat a rent of something",
            "labels": "(British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)especially British Englishespecially North American English(North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English also)(British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I earn just about enough to **pay the rent**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How much rent do you pay for this place?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The landlord has put the rent up again."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The landlord charged them a month's rent in advance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a high/low/fair rent"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was evicted for rent arrears."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What's the average rent for homes in your part of town?",
                    "contextForm": "rent for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rent on the two-bedroom flat was £250 a week.",
                    "contextForm": "rent on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The supply of housing at affordable rents became inadequate.",
                    "contextForm": "at a … rent"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The property is available at a rent of £55,000 per annum.",
                    "contextForm": "at a rent of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a rent book *(= used to record payments of rent)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He couldn't afford the rent by himself."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has paid out a lot of money in rent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company receives rent on local property that it owns."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The initial rent will be reviewed annually."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The landlord came around to collect the month's rent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The large stores have pushed up the rents in the area."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The movement advocated the non-payment of rent and taxes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new lease will put her rent up to £200 a week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rent charged depends largely on the size and locality of the flat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rent is due on the last day of the quarter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rent will be fixed at 18% of the market value of the property."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The tenants were not prepared to pay the higher rents demanded."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their rent has increased from $25 200 to $28 600 a year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a sign saying ‘Room for rent’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They earned rent from their property in London."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They get free rent in return for taking care of the house."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They took the landlord to court over increasing rent levels."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They weren't paying market rent on the properties."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thousands try to avoid the rent man so they can have more cash to spend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We gave tenants rent books."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You put your tenancy at risk if you fall behind with the rent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the rent on a factory"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to be liable for arrears of rent"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Rents are rising in the business district."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They began falling behind in their rent."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Houses and homes", "Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["exorbitant", "high", "affordable"],
                "verb + rent": ["pay", "afford", "be behind with"],
                "rent + verb": ["be due", "be payable", "go up"],
                "rent + noun": ["money", "payment", "book"],
                "preposition": ["in rent", "rent for", "rent from"],
                "phrases": [
                    "arrears of rent",
                    "for rent",
                    "a month’s, a year’s, etc. rent"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the amount of money that you pay to use something for a particular period of time",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)British and North American English",
            "examples": [],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["exorbitant", "high", "affordable"],
                "verb + rent": ["pay", "afford", "be behind with"],
                "rent + verb": ["be due", "be payable", "go up"],
                "rent + noun": ["money", "payment", "book"],
                "preposition": ["in rent", "rent for", "rent from"],
                "phrases": [
                    "arrears of rent",
                    "for rent",
                    "a month’s, a year’s, etc. rent"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a torn place in a piece of material or clothing",
            "labels": "(old use or literary)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "available to rent",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Houses and homes"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rent/",
                "audio": "re/rent/rent__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rent/",
                "audio": "re/rent/rent__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun senses 1 to 2 Middle English: from Old French rente, from a root shared by render. noun sense 3 mid 16th cent.: from obsolete rent ‘pull to pieces, lacerate’, variant of rend."
}