renting

2 definitions found

renting - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rent \Rent\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rented; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Renting.] [F. renter. See Rent, n.]
     1. To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to
        lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the
        tennant rents an estate of the owner.
        [1913 Webster]

renting - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  renting
      n 1: the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment
           or house or car) [syn: rental, renting]