Thesaurus results for RENTING

renting

verb

present participle of rent

as in leasing

to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment we rented the apartment to a college student for $500 a month

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as in hiring

to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum will need to rent a car while we're in Europe

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Recent Examples of renting Silverstein also suggests renting costumes by looking through websites like Facebook Marketplace, Depop and Poshmark. — Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026 The curvaceous Road to Hana, which hugs Maui's northeastern shore around Haleakalā National Park, is one of the island's most memorable experiences, one that will make the hassle of renting a car worth it. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026 The elder Lewis eventually transformed the ranch into a commercial complex and started renting space to businesses. — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 Choosing to rent as a millionaire, however, is different from renting because buying is out of reach. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026 The basement inside her western Massachusetts home gives her a berth in which to bring ideas to life without renting studio space. — Goodluck Ajeh, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2026 The ability to continue renting out older chips at attractive prices is crucial to AI infrastructure companies that need to recover their investments and generate profits, while spending billions on GPUs. — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 The duo created the app to list products before purchase to discover if others are interested in renting or owning it next. — Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026 The majority of householders in those areas still renting well into their 40s. — Vince Dixon, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

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Instead, revenue protection mode—according to the DOJ—prioritized maintaining revenue by leasing fewer apartments at higher prices.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
Lower net gains in trading activities, lower lease income after the sale of its railcar-leasing business , and lower gains from equity securities weighed on the result.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026

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Fielder has made a career out of constructing elaborate social experiments, like building exact replicas of people’s homes and hiring actors to impersonate their loved ones on The Rehearsal.

— Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026
That would begin the process of hiring an executive director, developing operational procedures and recruiting mental health professionals and other responders.

— Chevall Pryce, Baltimore Sun, 27 Oct. 2026

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