rent payment
41Rent charge — A rentcharge is an annual sum paid by the owner of freehold land to a person who has no other legal interest in the land. Rentcharges have been in existence since the Statute of Quia Emptores in 1290. They are often known as chief rents in the… …
42rent — {{11}}rent (1) payment for use of property, mid 12c., from O.Fr. rente, from V.L. *rendita, properly the fem. pp. of rendere to render (see RENDER (Cf. render)). The verb is attested from mid 14c., from the noun. Prefix rent a first attested 1921 …
43Payment method for utilities — The method by which fuel suppliers or utility companies are paid for all electricity, natural gas, fuel oil, kerosene, or liquefied petroleum gas used by a household. Households that pay the utility company directly are classified as all paid… …
44rent-free — adjective, adverb without payment of rent: He lives there rent free. | rent free accommodation …
45rent — English has two words rent. The one meaning ‘payment’ [12] comes via Old French rente from Vulgar Latin *rendita, a noun use of the feminine past participle of *rendere ‘give back’ (source of English render). Rent ‘tear, rift’ [16] comes from the …
46rent boy — a young male homosexual prostitute Probably not from the obsolete meaning of rent, a payment in respect of an illegal transaction: Colombo was sucked into the sad and dangerous world of London rent boys. (Fiennes, 1996) …
47rent — English has two words rent. The one meaning ‘payment’ [12] comes via Old French rente from Vulgar Latin *rendita, a noun use of the feminine past participle of *rendere ‘give back’ (source of English render). Rent ‘tear, rift’ [16] comes from the …
48rent charge — noun (plural rents charge) Etymology: rent (I) 1. : a periodical payment made a charge on land by reservation in a conveyance of land for life or in fee simple or granted by deed and expressly giving to the holder who has no reversionary interest …
49rent charge — A charge upon land, created by deed or will, for the payment of sum due periodically, collectible by distraint, constituting a hereditament which will pass to the heirs and devisees of him in whose favor it was created, unless disposed of by him… …
50rent-a-quote — noun Someone who is prepared to provide comment or opinion to the media on virtually any topic, either in exchange for payment or in order to gain exposure …
