adj
Meaning 1
Relating to rent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rental
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈɹɛntəl/
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rhymes with -ɛntəl
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CMU ARPABET: R EH1 N T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Relating to renting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Something that is rented.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- It's just a rental, so I don't need to take very good care of it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
The payment made to rent something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A business that rents out something to its customers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
An act of renting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A player traded to a team with a year or less on his contract
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 8
of or relating to rent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- rental agreement
- rental charges
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 9
available to rent or lease
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a rental car
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: renting
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: transaction, dealing, dealings
noun
Meaning 11
property that is leased or rented out or let
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lease, letting
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: property, belongings, holding
Narrower terms: car rental, hire car, rent-a-car, self-drive, u-drive, you-drive, sublease, sublet
History
Etymology
From rent + -al.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: vuokra- — relating to rent
- Finnish: vuokra- — relating to renting
- Japanese: レンタル (rentaru) — something rented
- Japanese: 賃貸し (chingashi) — something rented
- Korean: 임대 (imdae) — something rented
- Korean: 렌털 (renteol) — something rented
- Latin: conductum — something rented
- Portuguese: aluguer — something rented
- Russian: аре́нда (arénda) — something rented
- Spanish: alquiler — something rented
- Swedish: hyr- — something rented
- Finnish: vuokra — payment
- Galician: alugueiro — payment
- Galician: aluguer — payment
- Hungarian: bérleti díj — payment
- Hungarian: kölcsönzési díj — payment
- Japanese: 賃貸料 (chintairyō) — payment
- Slovene: najemnina — payment
- Walloon: louwaedje — payment
- Walloon: trecins — payment
- Finnish: vuokraamo — business
- German: Verleih — business
- Hungarian: kölcsönző — business
- Portuguese: locadora — business
- Finnish: vuokraus — act
- Galician: alugueiro — act
- Hungarian: bérlés — act
- Hungarian: kölcsönzés — act
- Hungarian: kiadás — act
- Walloon: louwaedje — act
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