rental

«rental» in Mova's school dictionary: something you pay to use for a time, like a car, flat or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a rental, rentals; rental — uncountable); adjective (rental car, rental property)

meaning for a pupil

1) A rental is something you pay to use for a time, like a car, flat or bike, but do not own. tree →

2) Rental is the money you pay for this, or the act of renting. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life families take a rental car on holiday, or live in a rental flat. In maths word problems, rental prices are often per hour or per day, which practises multiplication. In adult life and money, many people rent their home rather than buy it. Phrases: "car rental", "rental car", "bike rental", "rental agreement", "rental income".

examples

• We picked up a rental car at the airport. tree →
• The bike rental costs £5 an hour. tree →
• Our flat is a rental, so we can't paint the walls. tree →
• The ski rental shop was very busy. tree →
• We watched a film rental on the TV. tree →
• (money) The rental agreement says no pets. tree →
• If a boat rental costs $12 per hour, three hours cost $36. tree →

note

Countable for a thing rented ("two rentals"); also used as an adjective ("rental car"). Verb: rent. In the USA "rental" is very common; in the UK people also say "hire" ("car hire"). In maths: total rental cost = price per time × time, sometimes plus a fixed fee.

In the corpora

• A rental deposit is money held in case of damage, and it comes back if the home is left in good condition.
• La location means rental or hire: location de vélos means bike hire; a place is un endroit or un lieu.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «rental» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.