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an amount of money that you regularly pay so that you can use a house, room, etc. 租金 I earn just about enough to pay the rent. 我挣的钱刚好够付房租。 How much rent do you pay for this place? 你租这个地方的租金是多少？ The landlord has put the rent up again. 房东又提高房租了。 The landlord charged them a month's rent in advance. 房东预先收取了他们一个月的租金。 a high/low/fair rent 高的／低的／合理的租金 He was evicted for rent arrears. 他因拖欠租金而被驱逐。 - rent for something
What's the average rent for homes in your part of town? 你所在地区的房屋平均租金是多少？ - rent on something
The rent on the two-bedroom flat was £250 a week. 这套两居室公寓的租金是每周250英镑。 - at a … rent
The supply of housing at affordable rents became inadequate. 以负担得起的租金提供的住房变得不足。 - at a rent of something
The property is available at a rent of £55,000 per annum. 该房产的租金为每年55，000英镑。 - (British English)
a rent book (= used to record payments of rent) 租金登记簿
Synonyms raterate- charge
- fee
- rent
- fine
- fare
- toll
- rental
- rate a fixed amount of money that is asked or paid for something:
a low hourly rate of pay 按小时支付的低报酬 interest rates 利率
- charge an amount of money that is asked for goods or services:
an admission charge 入场费
- fee (rather formal
) an amount of money that you have to pay for professional advice or services, to go to a school or college, or to join an organization: 指专业服务费、咨询费、学费、会费： legal fees 诉讼费 an annual membership fee 年度会费
- rent
an amount of money that you regularly have to pay for use of a building or room. 指房屋租金 - fine a sum of money that must be paid as punishment for breaking a law or rule:
a parking fine 违规停车罚款
- fare
the money that you pay to travel by bus, plane, taxi, etc. 指乘坐公共汽车、飞机、出租车等的费用 - toll
an amount of money that you have to pay to use a particular road or bridge. 指道路、桥梁的通行费 - rental
an amount of money that you have to pay to use something for a particular period of time. 指租金
rent or rental? 用 rent 还是 rental？ - (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/fine/fare/toll/rental for something
- (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/toll/rental on something
- at a rate/charge/fee/rent/fare/rental of…
- for a charge/fee
- to pay (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/fine/fare/toll/rental
- to charge (a) rate/fee/rent/fare/toll/rental
Collocationscompare hireMoving house 搬家 Renting 租房子 - live in a rented/(especially North American English) rental property
住在租来的住所里 - rent/share/move into a furnished house/(British English) flat/(especially North American English) apartment
租用／合住／搬进配有家具的房屋／公寓 - rent a studio/(British English) a studio flat/(especially North American English) a studio apartment/(British English) a bedsit
租一个单间公寓 - find/get a housemate/(British English) a flatmate/(North American English) a roommate
找一个室友 - sign/break the lease/rental agreement/contract
签署／违反租约／租赁协议／合同 - extend/renew/terminate the lease/(British English) tenancy
延长租赁期限；续签／终止租约 - afford/pay the rent/the bills/(North American English) the utilities
付得起／支付租金／账单／水电气等杂费 - (especially British English) fall behind with/ (especially North American English) fall behind on the rent
拖欠租金 - pay/lose/return a damage deposit/(North American English) security deposit
支付／失去／退还损坏押金／保证金 - give/receive a month’s/two-weeks’ notice to leave/vacate the property
提前一个月／两周发出／收到离开／腾空住房的通知
Being a landlord 做房东 - have a flat/an apartment/a room (British English) to let/(especially North American English) for rent
- rent (out)/lease (out)/ (British English) let (out)/sublet a flat/an apartment/a house/a property
- collect/increase/raise the rent
收取／增加／提高房租 - evict the existing tenants
赶走现有房客 - attract/find new/prospective tenants
吸引／寻找新的／可能的房客 - invest in rental property/(British English) property to let/(British English) the buy-to-let market
投资购房用于出租
Buying 购买房子 - buy/acquire/purchase a house/(a) property/(especially North American English) (a piece of) prime real estate
购置一栋房子／一处房产／（一块）优质房地产 - call/contact/use (British English) an estate agent/(North American English) a Realtor™/(North American English) a real estate agent/broker
电话联系／联系／任用房地产经纪人 - make/ (British English) put in an offer on a house
提供房子的报价 - put down/save for (British English) a deposit on a house
支付／存钱付房屋订金 - make/put/save for (especially North American English) a down payment on a house/home
支付／攒钱支付买房的首付金 - apply for/arrange/take out a mortgage/home loan
申请／商定／取得按揭／住房贷款 - (struggle to) pay the mortgage
（竭力）支付按揭贷款 - make/meet/keep up/cover the monthly mortgage payments/(British English also) repayments
支付每月的按揭贷款 - (British English) repossess/ (especially North American English) foreclose on somebody’s home/house
收回某人的房子；终止某人的房屋赎回权
Selling 出售房子 - put your house/property on the market/up for sale/up for auction
将房屋／房产投放市场／出售／拍卖 - increase/lower your price/the asking price
提高／降低价格／要价 - have/hold/hand over the deed/(especially British English) deeds of/to the house, land, etc.
持有／移交房屋、土地等契约
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesb1, Moneyb1He couldn't afford the rent by himself. 他自己付不起租金。 The company has paid out a lot of money in rent. 公司已经支付了大量租金。 The company receives rent on local property that it owns. 该公司收取归其所有的当地房产的租金。 The initial rent will be reviewed annually. 首期租金每年都要审核。 The landlord came around to collect the month's rent. 房东来收本月房租。 The large stores have pushed up the rents in the area. 大商店抬高了这一地区的租金。 The movement advocated the non-payment of rent and taxes. 这一运动主张不缴纳租金和税款。 The new lease will put her rent up to £200 a week. 新租约将使她的租金涨到每周 200 英镑。 The rent charged depends largely on the size and locality of the flat. 租金的高低主要取决于公寓的大小和位置。 The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable. 四居室房屋的房租付得起。 The rent is due on the last day of the quarter. 租金在这个季度的最后一天到期。 The rent will be fixed at 18% of the market value of the property. 该房屋的租金将定为市值的 18%。 The tenants were not prepared to pay the higher rents demanded. 房客不愿意付更高的租金。 Their rent has increased from $25 200 to $28 600 a year. 他们一年的租金从 25,200 美元提高到了 28,600 美元。 There was a sign saying ‘Room for rent’. 有个招牌上面写着“房屋出租”。 They earned rent from their property in London. 他们出租伦敦的房子赚取租金。 They get free rent in return for taking care of the house. 他们无须交租金，但条件是要照看好房子。 They took the landlord to court over increasing rent levels. 他们因房东提高租金而将其告上法庭。 They weren't paying market rent on the properties. 他们没有按市值租金支付那些房产的使用费。 Thousands try to avoid the rent man so they can have more cash to spend. 数以千计的人躲避收租者以便有更多的现金花销。 We gave tenants rent books. 我们把租金册交给租户。 You put your tenancy at risk if you fall behind with the rent. 如果你拖欠租金，就会有被拒租的危险。 the rent on a factory 工厂的租金 to be liable for arrears of rent 负有拖欠租金的法律责任 Rents are rising in the business district. 商业区的租金在上涨。 They began falling behind in their rent. 他们开始拖欠房租。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- exorbitant
- high
- affordable
- …
- pay
- afford
- be behind with
- …
- be due
- be payable
- go up
- …
- money
- payment
- book
- …
- in rent
- rent for
- rent from
- …
- arrears of rent
- for rent
- a month’s, a year’s, etc. rent
- …
- (especially North American English) (also rental British and North American English)[uncountable, countable]
the amount of money that you pay to use something for a particular period of time （短期）租用，租借 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- exorbitant
- high
- affordable
- …
- pay
- afford
- be behind with
- …
- be due
- be payable
- go up
- …
- money
- payment
- book
- …
- in rent
- rent for
- rent from
- …
- arrears of rent
- for rent
- a month’s, a year’s, etc. rent
- …
- [countable] (old use or literary)
a torn place in a piece of material or clothing 破裂处；裂口；撕裂
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 2 Middle English: from Old French rente, from a root shared by render. noun sense 3 mid 16th cent.: from obsolete rent ‘pull to pieces, lacerate’, variant of rend.
Idioms
for rent
- (especially North American English)
(especially on printed signs 尤用于告示 available to rent 出租；招租
British/American rent / hire / letrent / hire / letverbs名词
- You can hire something for a short period of time, (British English only) but rent something for a longer period:
短期租用可用 hire（仅用于英式英语），较长时间的租用则用 rent： We can hire bikes for a day to explore the town. 我们可租用自行车一天来游览这城镇。 We don’t own our TV, we rent it. 我们没有自己的电视机，这是租的。
- In North American English, rent is always used. It is sometimes now used in British English instead of hire, too.
- The owners of a thing can hire it out for a short period:
- (British English)
Do you hire out bikes? 你们出租自行车吗？
出租房屋等可用 rent (out)/let (out)： We rent out rooms in our house to students. 我们把住宅里的房间出租给学生。
- (British English)
- Outside a building you could see:
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在建筑物外可看到： To let 招租 - (especially North American English)
For rent 招租
- (British English)
- To hire can also mean to employ somebody, especially in North American English:
We hired a new secretary. 我们雇了一名新秘书。
- The amount of money that you pay to rent something is rent or rental (more formal). When you hire something you pay a hire charge (British English). On a sign outside a shop you might see:
- (British English)
Bikes for hire 出租自行车
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