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If you rent out something (or rent something out) that you own, you allow someone to pay you money so that they can use it.
Examples of use:
1. They bought the house to rent out to students.
2. He rents his house out to tourists in the summer.
3. The field behind my house is mine, but I rent it out to my neighbours and they keep their horse in it
4. News headline: Londoners rent out 'royal wedding' rooms.
5. I am renting out my spare bedroom to get some extra money
| infinitive |
rent out |
| present simple |
rent out and rents out |
| -ing form |
renting out |
| past simple |
rented out |
| past participle |
rented out |
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Surely “to rent out ” is the use of too many words when the single word “to let” suffices >?
Outside house one does not see a sign”to rent” it is always to let
Is not the out and empty word?
Has this not crept in via America?
Is not this like “off of”? where the of is an empty word and meaningless?
Hi Sundra,
I wouldn’t say the “out” in rent “out” is an entirely empty word. I do think it’s possible to do without it sometimes, e.g. “They bought the house to rent out to students” could also written / said as “They bought the house to rent to students”, but it can also help with meaning as in “I am renting a flat” v “I am renting out a flat”.
Thank you for your interesting comment – it certainly made me think
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