{
    "term": "rental",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the amount of money that you pay to use something for a particular period of time",
            "labels": "especially in North American English",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Telephone charges include line rental."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The phone bill gives a breakdown of the cost of the line rental and of calls."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the broadband package includes 6 months free line rental"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The weekly rental on the car was over £200."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Houses and homes"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["annual", "monthly", "weekly"],
                "rental + noun": ["company", "terms", "charge"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the act of renting something or an arrangement to rent something",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the world’s largest car rental company"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a rental car"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a minimum rental period of three months"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a coupon for a free movie rental"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The local rental market is booming."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Houses and homes"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["annual", "monthly", "weekly"],
                "rental + noun": ["company", "terms", "charge"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a house, car or piece of equipment that you can rent",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Is this your own car?’ ‘No, it's a rental.’"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Houses and homes"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrentl/",
                "audio": "re/rental/rental__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrentl/",
                "audio": "re/rental/rental__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, or from Anglo-Latin rentale, from Old French rente, from a root shared by render."
}