| hired | | |
| adj. | 1. hired | having services engaged for a fee.; "hired hands"; "a hired gun" |
| ~ employed | having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary.; "most of our graduates are employed" |
| adj. | 2. chartered, hired, leased | hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers.; "a chartered plane"; "the chartered buses arrived on time" |
| leased | | |
| rente | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. annuity, rente | income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments.; "his retirement fund was set up to be paid as an annuity" |
| ~ regular payment | a payment made at regular times. |
| ~ annuity in advance | an annuity paid in a series of more or less equal payments at the beginning of equally spaced periods.; "rent payable in advance constitutes an annuity in advance for the landlord" |
| ~ ordinary annuity | an annuity paid in a series of more or less equal payments at the end of equally spaced periods. |
| ~ reversionary annuity, survivorship annuity | an annuity payable to one person in the event that someone else is unable to receive it. |
| ~ tontine | an annuity scheme wherein participants share certain benefits and on the death of any participant his benefits are redistributed among the remaining participants; can run for a fixed period of time or until the death of all but one participant. |
| lease | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. lease, letting, rental | property that is leased or rented out or let. |
| ~ belongings, property, holding | something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone.; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property" |
| ~ car rental, hire car, rent-a-car, self-drive, u-drive, you-drive | a rented car.; "she picked up a hire car at the airport and drove to her hotel" |
| ~ sublease, sublet | a lease from one lessee to another. |
| n. (communication) | 2. lease | a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment. |
| ~ contract | a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law. |
| n. (time) | 3. lease, term of a contract | the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect. |
| ~ period, period of time, time period | an amount of time.; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" |
| v. (social) | 4. lease, rent | let for money.; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad" |
| ~ contract, undertake | enter into a contractual arrangement. |
| v. (social) | 5. charter, hire, lease, rent | hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services. |
| ~ contract, undertake | enter into a contractual arrangement. |
| v. (possession) | 6. lease, let, rent | grant use or occupation of under a term of contract.; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners" |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| ~ sublease, sublet | lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person.; "We sublet our apartment over the summer" |
| v. (possession) | 7. charter, engage, hire, lease, rent, take | engage for service under a term of contract.; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" |
| ~ acquire, get | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
| rent | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. rent | a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service. |
| ~ annuity in advance | an annuity paid in a series of more or less equal payments at the beginning of equally spaced periods.; "rent payable in advance constitutes an annuity in advance for the landlord" |
| ~ ground rent | payment for the right to occupy and improve a piece of land. |
| ~ peppercorn rent | very low or nominal rent. |
| ~ rack rent | an extortionate rent. |
| n. (object) | 2. rent, rip, snag, split, tear | an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart.; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" |
| ~ opening, gap | an open or empty space in or between things.; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall" |
| n. (possession) | 3. economic rent, rent | the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions. |
| ~ proceeds, take, takings, yield, payoff, issue, return | the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property.; "the average return was about 5%" |
| n. (act) | 4. rent, rip, split | the act of rending or ripping or splitting something.; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" |
| ~ tear | the act of tearing.; "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear" |
| rent | | |
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