How to pronounce rent

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What rent means

noun

Most people know rent in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

A rip or tear in cloth or another surface

In a sentence: A thorn left a long rent in the sleeve of his jacket.

Where it comes from: It comes from rend, an old verb meaning to tear apart. It is a different word from rent, the money, which goes back to the Latin reddere, to give back.

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