A regular payment made by a tenant to an owner for the use of the owner's building or land. She pays a monthly rent for her apartment in the city.
A large tear or rip in a piece of fabric. There was a noticeable rent in the curtain that needed mending.
A payment to a factor of production that exceeds the amount required to keep it in its current use; economic rent. Classical economists argue that landowners earn economic rent simply by owning scarce resources.