rents

Pays for housing

Rents is the plural of rent in its noun senses: payments for temporary use of property The rents in this neighborhood have skyrocketed, or tears in fabric The rents in the sail let the wind through.

In slang, rents is a clipped form of parents: I'm staying at my rents' place for the summer.

payments

lease

Temporary use contract

due · arrears · eviction · deposit · utilities · sublet · occupancy · rental · agreement · housing

income

property

Something owned or inherent

portfolio · cashflow · revenue · profit · appreciation · equity · residential · commercial · returns · capitalization

slang

parents

Mother and father

  • momFemale parent, informal
  • dadMale parent, informal
  • folksPeople in general

family · household · home · boomerang · basement · curfew · allowance

Categories
Opposites
property tenure

rentsowns

Holds legal title

purchases · buys · possesses · squats · acquires

transaction direction

rentslets

Gives the go-ahead

landlords · sublets

Phrases
Family

rent, renter, rented, renting, renters, rentable, unrented, subrent

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G