rack-rent

verb

Definition of rack-rentnext
as in to rent

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rack-rent
  1. rent
  2. hire
  3. lease
  4. charter
Verb
  • Swimply, an Airbnb-style company, is letting people rent out pools and other private spaces, such as tennis and basketball courts.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 3 July 2026
  • Giordani is also renting out her two-bedroom tiny home during the World Cup.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 July 2026
Definition of rent
Verb
  • Participants in the civil proceedings can hire private stenographers to maintain a record of what’s said, but their services can run thousands of dollars a day.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Under basic labor law, MLB could hire temporary workers during a lockout, but that is not going to happen.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of hire
Verb
  • Local first-quarter net absorption, the difference between space leased and vacated, and often a sign of turnover, was a negative 179,000 square feet.
    — Hang Nguyen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2026
  • The district can lease the property, but even then, the tenant can not run any sort of gambling operation on the site.
    — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2026
Definition of lease
Verb
  • Dickinson and his wife, Mary, were the namesakes for the first college — based in Carlisle, Pennsylvania — chartered after the founding of the United States.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Building on existing kidney and heart programs, the center was formally chartered in 1989.
    — Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of charter
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“Rack-rent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rack-rent. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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