of rend-to rant.-imp. & p. p. of rend.-an opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear.-figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church.-to tear. see rend.-income; revenue. see catel.-pay; reward; share; toll.-a certain periodical profit, whether in money, provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and tenements in payment for the use; commonly, a certain pecuniary sum agreed upon between a tenant and his landlord, paid at fixed intervals by the lessee to the lessor, for the use of land or its appendages; as, rent for a farm, a house, a park, etc.-to grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it.-to take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the tennant rents an estate of the owner.-to be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year.