renting

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car)
verb let for money
verb grant use or occupation of under a term of contract

rent + -ing

This was not a deed of sale at all, so far as he could see—it provided only for the renting of the property! — The Jungle, Upton Sinclair
Even more puzzling, though, was the final case which put an end to the renting of the house--a series of anemia deaths preceded by progressive madnesses wherein the patient would craftily attempt the lives of his relatives by incisions in the neck or wrist. — The Shunned House, H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft
The result was that my business grew rapidly, and to such an extent that I was compelled to increase my force of clerks, and to keep renting and adding on more room every few months, till at present I employ a very large force of help, and occupy ten times as much room as when I first commenced at my present location, and am supplying jewelry to the leading merchants in all parts of the United States. — Twenty Years of Hus'ling, J. P. (James Perry) Johnston

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