Meaning & use
Rented
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Paid money to use something owned by someone else for a set period of time.
See it in a sentence
They rented a small cottage near the beach for the summer.
We rented a car for the road trip instead of driving our own.
A note on using this word
In British English, 'hired' is sometimes used interchangeably with 'rented' for short-term arrangements, such as hiring a car.
Words with a similar meaning
leasedhired
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Words with an opposite meaning
owned
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