Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural Parents.
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- noun Plural form of
rent . - noun Alternative spelling of
'rents . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
rent .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A controversial landlord who sparked criticism during the real-estate boom by yanking buildings out of affordable-housing programs and raising rents is back with a new deal in Brooklyn.
Landlord Soothes Former Foes Craig Karmin 2010
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Using congestion pricing (or auction based pricing, such as has been proposed by FAA for LaGuardia and blocked by the airlines and the Port Authority) to allocate airport slots during busy hours would essentially transfer scarcity rents from the airlines to the pricing authority (FAA or whomever).
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"The federal government has created a smooth but slow rise in rents [in D.C.], as opposed to New York's roller coaster," Thorpe added.
D.C. office rents top those in New York City V. Dion Haynes 2010
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Tiny studios saw a big 9.8% jump in rents, while one-bedrooms — nearly half of the local housing supply — edged up nearly 2%.
Edge Ends for Renters Dawn Wotapka 2010
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"The federal government has created a smooth but slow rise in rents [in D.C.], as opposed to New York's roller coaster," Thorpe added.
D.C. office rents top those in New York City V. Dion Haynes 2010
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"The federal government has created a smooth but slow rise in rents [in D.C.], as opposed to New York's roller coaster," Thorpe added.
D.C. office rents top those in New York City V. Dion Haynes 2010
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Their problem is the sudden increase in rents by the locals.
Global Voices in English » Pakistan: A Humanitarian Crisis 2009
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The fact that many people can afford rents is not a demerit either.
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There are certain rents entailed in the transaction costs of finding authentic and complete copies of a song – but those rents are considerably lower than the rents attendant on monopoly ownership of content as such.
Matthew Yglesias » The Futile Struggle Against Free Content 2010
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The consortium's optimism on rents is based on forecasts of a demand and supply-driven City office squeeze just as the project is due to complete.
Betting on London's Soaring Skyline Ren 2010
slumry commented on the word rents
Among other things, "rents" is a word for parents, formed by clipping
June 18, 2007