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 On the other hand, the Arizona legislature has made our state only one of seven that prohibit local governments from enacting mandatory inclusionary zoning on housing that would be rented or sold at an affordable rate. Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024 People already rented their homes on short-term bases. Aytekin Tank, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 Hurr’s policy is to list pieces on its resale channel after they’ve been rented around 20 times, and even that channel is growing. Samantha Conti, WWD, 1 Oct. 2024 Johnson, the wife of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, rented her wedding dress, and a series of outfits for the 2021 G7 summit from My Wardrobe HQ. Samantha Conti, WWD, 1 Oct. 2024 While others born in the Amazon rainforest were still being nursed by their mothers, he was rented out to do a photo op in a Texas hotel room for $1,000 an hour. Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024 Power rakes or vertical mowers are effective tools for this and can be rented from hardware stores and tool libraries. Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2024

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“Rented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rented. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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