### Question
How is the term rents defined?


### Answer
The term **rents** is defined in *26 U.S.C. § 543* as the following:

> compensation, however designated, for the use of, or right to use, property, and the interest on debts owed to the corporation, to the extent such debts represent the price for which real property held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of its trade or business was sold or exchanged by the corporation

#### Citation:
  - *26 U.S.C. § 543*
  - Heading: **Subtitle A-Income Taxes > CHAPTER 1-NORMAL TAXES AND SURTAXES > Subchapter G-Corporations Used to Avoid Income Tax on Shareholders > PART II-PERSONAL HOLDING COMPANIES**

