Definitions

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  • verb Present participle of rent.

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  • noun the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car)

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Examples

  • In those areas of the country – Boston, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles where renting is 1/2 the cost of owning, the money you save by renting can put you ahead of someone who owned for 7 years and then moved.

    Matthew Yglesias » A Broad-Based Real Estate Bubble 2010

  • She and I both feel strongly that renting is a total waste of money.

    MORE ISSUES 2010

  • She and I both feel strongly that renting is a total waste of money.

    MORE ISSUES 2010

  • My main concern with renting is my dog, not sure how easy it would be to find places willing to rent to someone with a large dog?

    Where to Visit/Move? 2009

  • She and I both feel strongly that renting is a total waste of money.

    MORE ISSUES 2010

  • She and I both feel strongly that renting is a total waste of money.

    MORE ISSUES 2010

  • She and I both feel strongly that renting is a total waste of money.

    MORE ISSUES 2010

  • She and I both feel strongly that renting is a total waste of money.

    MORE ISSUES 2010

  • My main concern with renting is my dog, not sure how easy it would be to find places willing to rent to someone with a large dog?

    Where to Visit/Move? 2009

  • She and I both feel strongly that renting is a total waste of money.

    MORE ISSUES 2010

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