Rentable

rent ¹  (rnt)

n.

1.

a. Payment, usually of an amount fixed by contract, made by a tenant at specified intervals in return for the right to occupy or use the property of another.

b. A similar payment made for the use of a facility, equipment, or service provided by another.

2. The return derived from cultivated or improved land after deduction of all production costs.

3. The revenue yielded by a piece of land in excess of that yielded by the poorest or least favorably located land under equal market conditions. Also called economic rent.

v. rent·ed, rent·ing, rents

v.tr.

1. To obtain occupancy or use of (another's property) in return for regular payments.

2. To grant temporary occupancy or use of (one's own property or a service) in return for regular payments: rents out TV sets.

v.intr.

To be for rent: The cottage rents for $1,200 a month.

Idiom:

for rent

Available for use or service in return for payment.

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[Middle English rente, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *rendita, from feminine past participle of *rendere, to yield, return; see render.]

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renta·bili·ty n.

renta·ble adj.

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rent ²  (rnt)

v.

A past tense and a past participle of rend.

n.

1. An opening made by rending; a rip.

2. A breach of relations between persons or groups; a rift.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

rentable - that is able or fit be rented unrentable - not able or fit to be rented; "the house was unrentable in that condition"