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rend
rend/rend/ verb (past tense and past participle rent /rent/) [TRANSITIVE] literary [Language : Old English; Origin : rendan] to tear or break something violently into pieces
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a rent riseBritish English ▪ Tenants face huge rent rises. buy/rent an apartment ▪ Tom rented an apartment at the top of the building. charge rent/a fee/interest etc ▪ The gallery charges an entrance fee. collect tax/rent/a debt ▪ The landlady came around once a month to collect the rent. exorbitant rent/prices etc ▪ exorbitant rates of interest gas man/rent man etc ▪ I waited all day for the gas man. ground rent non-payment of rent ▪ She was finally evicted in April for non-payment of rent. peppercorn rent rent a bike (also hire a bike British English) ▪ You can rent bikes and explore the island's cycle paths. rent a flat ▪ Renting a flat can be very expensive in this part of town. rent a house ▪ While he was working in London, Ken rented a house in Fulham. rent boy rent control rent rebate rent strike rent/mortgage/tax arrears ▪ He was ordered to pay rent arrears of £550. rent/price/wage etc controls ▪ Rent controls ensured that no one paid too much for housing. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ADVERB asunder ▪ The veils are parting, the mists are rent asunder. ▪ This unity was to be rent asunder by changes in technology and by the impact of the Modern Movement in architecture. out ▪ Just get some samples together, print up pretentious business cards, inflate values, rent out tent space and voila! ▪ In addition to the City-organized leagues, there are also independent leagues that rent out the San Francisco fields for their use. ▪ Most landlords comply, and let government inspectors roam through the bedrooms and bathrooms of the houses they rent out. ▪ We rent out one of the rooms for seventy-five dollars a month. VERB pay ▪ They do not pay tax or rent, and are exempted from military service. ▪ Agencies pay it rent and those funds go into an account called the Federal Buildings Fund, which covers construction and repairs. ▪ Twenty years ago many people looked upon their jobs as akin to paying rent. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES back rent/taxes/pay etc ▪ A former landlord said she was still owed several thousand dollars in back rent. ▪ Dave Escott bought at the height of the boom, and any back rent will only add to his negative equity. ▪ He owes $ 10, 000 in back taxes. ▪ Homar sued for reinstatement of his job, back pay and money damages. ▪ I needed a release from the tax office showing that I owed no back taxes. ▪ Look, she said, he's left, bolted, owing three months' back rent. ▪ Next: What to do when you can not afford to pay back taxes. ▪ The Internal Revenue Service has been battling him for years for back taxes and penalties related to one venture. be torn/split/rent etc asunder ▪ If the momentum picks up, conventional politics could be torn asunder. ▪ In 1964, the Republican Party was torn asunder by the nomination of conservative Barry Goldwater. ▪ The veils are parting, the mists are rent asunder. ▪ This unity was to be rent asunder by changes in technology and by the impact of the Modern Movement in architecture. for rent EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Above them, something gave way with a long, rending metallic screech. ▪ Historically, as we have seen, the country has been rent by various upheavals, sometimes of a quite violent nature. ▪ The veils are parting, the mists are rent asunder.
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