rent(n./v.)最常用义为“租金;租用/出租”。
/ɹɛnt/
I pay the rent on the first of every month.
我每个月一号付房租。
The couple decided to rent a small apartment close to the subway, even though the rent was higher than they expected.
这对夫妻决定在地铁附近租一套小公寓,尽管租金比他们预期的更高。
rent 来自中古法语 rente,与拉丁语 rendita 等词形相关,原意与“收入、收益”有关,后来在英语里逐渐固定为“定期支付的租金”,并引申出动词“租用/出租”的用法。