rented

past tense of rent
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as in leased
to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment we rented the apartment to a college student for $500 a month

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as in hired
to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum will need to rent a car while we're in Europe

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Recent Examples of rented Shortly after getting together, Ball and Posen rented a car and drove across the country, staying at Best Westerns and Hampton Inns along the way. Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024 Ironically, the geometric slabs she’s stopped at to admire are a cluster of the Barbican’s residences, built to be rented out by the council but now privately owned and notoriously expensive. Alex Ritman, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024 To add to the chaos, the jeans were rented from Nuuly, a clothing rental company — meaning Hill was expected to return them. Sara Belcher, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024 The couple later rented nearby Windsor Cottage (no relation to the duchy), which was purchased by the hotel and moved on site in 1990 and now houses the members-only Ocean Club. Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2024 Costume designer Charlese Antoinette, who often re-uses fur in her builds, recently rented a fox fur for Michael Stuhlbarg’s blustering Boston mobster in the contemporary heist movie The Instigators. Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024 Plus, there’s one major improvement — an elevator — which would have charmed the author Kati Marton, who rented from the Gordon-Kanins in 1983 when her husband, Peter Jennings, got the news anchor job at ABC. Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 6 Dec. 2024 In some cases, clients rented from collections housed in garages or the front rooms of homes. Laura-Zoë Humphreys and Daymar Valdés Frigola / Made By History, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024 Four Balinese-style villas on the premises—which can be rented as a whole or individually—can accommodate up to 48 adults. Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 4 Dec. 2024

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“Rented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rented. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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