renowned
1686 |
re-nowned /ri'naund/ adj. ~ (as/for sth) famous and respected A£05; rtswi
^©$[&5 PITH celebrated, noted: a renowned author 0 It is renowned
as one of the region’s
best restaurants. ;i£;l§AitfeKII£F05 A ~~ o O She is renowned for her patience, jtfe 05 fekl> J^©7£05o
BRITISH/AMERICAN
&S/JtS35l§ rent ♦ hire *
let
Verbs
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You can hire
something for a short period of time (BrE only), but rent something for a longer period.
Mfiifmffihire (),
wmm © ©M © rent . We can hire bikes for
a day to explore the town, <>
We don’t own our TV, we rent it. ©B05
©,M
m. iiMWo
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In NAmE, rent is always used. It is sometimes now used in BrE instead of hire, too. :jfcjiy£ilb& j§© rent, iJEAlllIl AipWW'B© rent
ft# hire0
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The owners of a
thing can hire it out for a short period {BrE). j^AMJUjSBl^#?©© hire out ( 3HH Hifi ) : Do you hire out bikes? ffcff] Bj IB t ©7 ®r?
Or they can rent (out) / let
(out) a building, etc. B] ©©li^©© rent (out) / let (out): We rent out rooms in
our house to students. $ff]©ji^M05J^|B]B5©*£-
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Outside a building
you could see T#
IiJ: To let (BrE) ©©. o For rent (especially NAmE)
mm
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To hire can also
mean to employ somebody,
especially in NAmE. * hire jtl&FEBfc
HHift
©: We
hired a new secretary. ftCJ
«450
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— see also lease v.
Nouns
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The amount of money
that you pay to rent
something is rent or rental (more formal). When you hire
something you pay a hire charge {BrE). |al©©05©:& Arent rental ( $jE5£ ) „ Mffift H © fj hire charge ( ) 0 On a sign outside
a shop you might see &k0£h05;fe)$±©1rf|j:
Bikes for hire (BrE) Bi©F©7-7
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— see also let,
lease, hire n.
reirfc On /rent/
noun,
verb — see also rend v.
• noun 1 [U, C] an amount of money
that you regularly pay so that you can use a house, etc. ©4£: How much rent do you pay for this place?
A? 0 The landlord has put
the rent up again. ©AXM i%©-©7o 0 a month’s rent in advance ®©05Bi o a higWlow/fair rent M 05 / j&05 / 0 {BrE) a
rent book (= used to record
payments of rent)
W- o note at rate —compare hire n.{l) 2 [U, C] {especially NAmE) - rental(I) 3 [C] {formal) a tom place in a piece
of material or clothing ® ; §* n ; $f[
m?l for rent {especially NAmE) (especially on printed
signs A© 7©;©) available to rent Bl©; fSffi ■ verb 1 ~ sth (from sb) to regularly pay money
to sb so that you can use sth that they own, such as a house, some land, a
machine, etc. ©©, ©fa ( ,
ffl ) : [VN]
to live in rented accommodation/ housing/property o Who do you rent
the land from? iff M.ift SP it©© 05 ±
J& ? [also V] 2 ~ sth (out) (to sb) to allow sb to use sth
that you own such as a house or some land in exchange for regular payments tH m; #•••©*£: [VN] He rents rooms
in his house to students. jftjE^©05©|B]©£n^©o 0
The land is rented out to other farmers. © ± 1& © *£ $i] 05 A & 7
<, 0 She
agreed to rent the room to
me. 4tfc |© M # & 7 fk I© IB it fico O [VNN] She
agreed to rent me the room. MIBlli©^
iA 7 © iBI» 3 [VN] {especially NAmE) to pay money to sb so
that you can use sth for a short period of time ( )
©©, fBfa: We rented a car for the week and
explored the area. 3m©7-7M$05-7i»J3ji£7il!lKo 0 Shall we rent a movie this evening? itfn ^ M ± © #£?&%? —compare hire v.(1) 4 [V] {NAmE) to be available for sb
to use if they pay a particular amount of money IM • • • tb ©; © ^ A : The apartment rents
for $500 a month, &|f:©|0]©>FI ©i£ A 500 jtD 'rent-a- combining form {informal, often humorous) (in nouns and
adjectives j^Jjfc^TSjftl^Wis]) showing that the thing mentioned can be
hired/rented tb ©; © fil © ■ rent-a-car ©© H^f- 0 rent-a-crowd 0 A©
ren tal /'rentl/ noun 1 (also rent especially in NAmE) [U, C, usually sing.] the amount of money
that you pay to use sth for a particular period of time © 7 : Telephone charges
include line rental, fei§$©jjS^i&©©f?<, o note at rate 2 [U] the act of renting sth or an
arrangement to rent sth B]©; ©®; ©©: the world’s largest
car rental company © :S A 05 ©i © © 1® 7 © 0 video rental ^f^Bj© o {especially NAmE) a rental car © B]©&(j^lF o cl minimum rental period of three
months H7i!05:il ©;©©$] — compare hire n.{ 1) 3 [C] {especially NAmE) a house, car, or piece
of equipment that you can rent ffi© 05jfblt ( ) : ‘Is this
your own car?’ ‘No, it’s a
rental’ i B6^-7^? ”
“7,
Ji©^Wo %
r
'rent boy noun {BrE) a young male prostitute
j£$:
rented Chw /-rentid/ adj.
that you pay rent for ©© ; ©ff 05: a rented studio
©5t505X#^
rent-er /'renta(r)/
noun 1 a person who rents sth Tp;© A; ©©A; ©B : house buyers and
renters ±
©©B 2 {NAmE) a person or an
organization that provides sth for people to rent Bi © A; Biffif/lf^J: the
nation’s biggest automobile renter ^HMA05f^$Bi© A©
,rent>'free adj. for which no rent is
paid ^,©^65; 7 # 05
: rent-free
housing ^ ^ 05 ft J& ►, •'ent-
’free adv.
ren-tier /’rnntiei; NAmE 'raintjei/ noun {technical A ip) a person who
lives from money earned from property and investments fcMM
re
nun ci ation /ri.nAnsi'eiJn/ noun {formal) 1 [U, C] an act of
stating publicly that you no longer believe sth or that you are giving sth up r $ fi ff; 1l © ^: the
renunciation of violence 5©BJ
2 [U] the
act
of rejecting physical
pleasures, especially for religious reasons i£B; H771 self-denial
— see also renounce
re-of-fend /,ri:a'fend/ verb [V] to commit a crime
again ; WWtk\ Without help,
many released prisoners will reoffend. ©^^iW^050©EA
► re-of-fend-er /,ri:a'fend0(r)/
noun
re-open /,rii'aupan; NAmE -'ou-/ verb 1 to open a shop/store,
theatre, etc. again, or to be opened again, after being closed for a period of
time MifTFik;
itlJr WM ( j§[ ^ ) : [VN] The school was
reopened
just two weeks after the
fire. A , &0r
O [V] The store will
reopen at
2 to deal with or begin sth again after
a period of time; to start again after a period of time IB A JF
40; &.M: [VN] to reopen a discussion S§rTFiBi£ o The police have decided
to reopen the case. H A B £§ iA /E®/§TiiSiA7^70 0 Management have agreed
to reopen talks with the union. WAB^|W]^©I^MIIri^ P\0
o
[V] The
trial reopened on 6 March. A AJA 3 f) 6 0 ©TASTto ► re-open-ing /.rii'aupanirj; NAmE -'ou-/ noun [U, sing.] ITimi re,open old 'wounds to remind sb of sth
unpleasant that happened or existed in the past jig |H
re-order /,ri:'o:da(r);
NAmE -'a:rd-/ verb 1 to ask sb to supply
you with more of a product ©iT!$J; il jjPiTKB: [VN] Please quote this
reference number when reordering stock. © A iT ^ N- if il
fA & 7 M ^» [also V] 2 [VN] to