rental English · revision 7752

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1362|origins=la-med rentale}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈɹɛntəl/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English, [[bor|xno|rental]] or Anglo-Latin and Medieval Latin [[m|la-med|rentale]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from Old French rente, [[rent]], and Latin -ale.^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A rent roll, a list of rents due by tenants: 1362 in the OED, the late 14th century in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Income from rents is from about 1395.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The amount paid or received as rent is from 1637–50 (the 1630s).^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) In Scots law a rental was a kind of lease granted to a kindly tenant (1565–66), a sense now obsolete.^(OED 1989)^(Wright 1898) The adjective is from the 1510s.^(Etymonline) The act of renting is from 1915,^(OED 1989) and a house or car let for rent, chiefly North American, from 1952.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1362 – a rent roll.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1395 – income from rents.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1510s – the adjective.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1637–50 – the amount of rent.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1952 – a property for rent.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An amount paid or received as [[rent]].^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # Property, such as a car or flat, available for renting.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # The act of renting.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # A list of tenants and the rents due; a rent roll.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or available for rent: ''a rental car''.^(AHD)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rent]]

+ * [[render]]

+ * [[renter]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}