* * *
• Commercial rents have decreased significantly over the last few years.
• a bill for ground rent going back fifteen years
• Her client has signed a 20-year lease yielding $170,000 in net rent a year.
• The land will then be leased to the council at a peppercorn rent.
• The property was sub-let to tenants at rack rents.
• There is a lack of affordable housing for rent.
• The company had been renting for seven years before buying a 13,000-square-foot headquarters.
• Businesses can rent PCs to alleviate peak workloads.
• Who do you rent the shop from?
• video stores that rent Nintendo games
• the lucrative business of renting out trailers and trucks
• A New York dealer rented an Avis car to an unauthorized driver.
• Many people trying to sell their second homes have decided to rent them out to tourists instead.
• Travelers prefer to rent cars with low mileage.
• The new units are renting for £350 a month or less.
• living in rented accommodation
* * *
a fair/high/low rent
»annual/monthly rent
»commercial/office rents
pay (the) rent »The company is renegotiating its finances after struggling to pay the rent on its properties.
charge/collect rent »Managing the property generally means collecting rent and carrying out maintenance.
Researchers said there was a growing divide between the home-owning majority and people who rent.
»Regardless of the boom in UK property prices, it is still cheaper to buy rather than rent a house.
rent sth from sb »She has been renting an apartment from a private landlord through a letting agent.
»A surprising number of storage units are rented by salesmen.
She runs a commercial real estate company that rents office space to businesses.
rent sth for sth »She rents out one of her rooms to students.
»He renovated the three-storey building and rents it out as apartments.
»Each of these centres rents out farm machinery to local farmers at low cost.
I rented a car at Millennium Park and headed off to explore the island.
The rooms rented at a premium of $25 to $35 over regular rates.
rent for sth »Rooms that regularly rent for $59 a night suddenly cost $300 a night.
Financial and business terms. 2012.