- (also rent especially in North American English)[uncountable, countable, usually singular]
the amount of money that you pay to use something for a particular period of time 租金 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
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesc1The phone bill gives a breakdown of the cost of the line rental and of calls. 电话账单列出了线路租金和通话费用的明细。 the broadband package includes 6 months free line rental 该宽带套餐包含免半年的线路租金。 The weekly rental on the car was over £200. 汽车每周租金超过200英镑。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- annual
- monthly
- weekly
- …
- company
- terms
- charge
- …
- [uncountable]
the act of renting something or an arrangement to rent something 出租；租赁；招租 the world’s largest car rental company 世界最大的汽车租赁公司 - (especially North American English)
a rental car 供出租的汽车 a minimum rental period of three months 三个月的最低租用期
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesc1a coupon for a free movie rental 电影出租优惠券 The local rental market is booming. 当地租赁市场日趋繁荣。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- annual
- monthly
- weekly
- …
- company
- terms
- charge
- …
- [countable] (especially North American English)
a house, car or piece of equipment that you can rent 租用的房屋（或汽车、设备等）
Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, or from Anglo-Latin rentale, from Old French rente, from a root shared by render.