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rent

[rent] / rɛnt /
NOUN
fee paid for use, service, or privilege
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He said at 62 he was still working full-time "just to pay bills and rent", adding he would be "working forever just to live".

From BBC • May 5, 2026

I’m fronting the cost and they’ve agreed to reimburse me via rent credits.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

“I was about to be unable to pay my rent, but I got two years of rent through Kalshi’s predictions,” gushed one woman in a Kalshi ad on TikTok.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Between her pension and a part-time job she takes home around $3,000 a month -- almost half of which is swallowed by rent.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

The currach was gone too, gone to pay for the Mallons’ rent from last year.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff




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