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Rent vs. Interest — What's the Difference?

Rent vs. Interest — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Rent and Interest

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Rent

Payment, usually of an amount fixed by contract, made by a tenant at specified intervals in return for the right to occupy or use the property of another.

Interest

Interest, in finance and economics, is payment from a borrower or deposit-taking financial institution to a lender or depositor of an amount above repayment of the principal sum (that is, the amount borrowed), at a particular rate. It is distinct from a fee which the borrower may pay the lender or some third party.

Rent

A similar payment made for the use of a facility, equipment, or service provided by another.

Interest

A state of curiosity or concern about or attention to something
An interest in sports.

Rent

The return derived from cultivated or improved land after deduction of all production costs.
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Interest

Something, such as a quality, subject, or activity, that evokes this mental state
Counts the theater among his interests.

Rent

The difference between the price paid for use of a resource whose supply is inelastic and the minimum price at which that resource would still be provided. Also called economic rent.

Interest

Often interests Regard for one's own benefit or advantage; self-interest
It is in your best interest to cooperate. She kept her own interests in mind.

Rent

An opening made by rending; a rip.

Interest

A right, claim, or legal share
An interest in the new company.

Rent

A breach of relations between persons or groups; a rift.

Interest

Something in which such a right, claim, or share is held
Has interests overseas.

Rent

To obtain occupancy or use of (another's property) in return for regular payments.

Interest

A person or group of persons holding such a right, claim, or share
A petroleum interest.

Rent

To grant temporary occupancy or use of (one's own property or a service) in return for regular payments
Rents out TV sets.

Interest

Involvement with or participation in something
She has an interest in the quality of her education.

Rent

To be for rent
The cottage rents for $1,200 a month.

Interest

A charge for a loan, usually a percentage of the amount loaned.

Rent

A past tense and a past participle of rend.

Interest

An excess or bonus beyond what is expected or due.

Rent

A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property.
I am asking £100 a week rent.

Interest

An interest group.

Rent

A similar payment for the use of a product, equipment or a service.

Interest

The particular cause supported by an interest group.

Rent

(economics) A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business.
A New York city taxicab license earns more than $10,000 a year in rent.

Interest

To arouse the curiosity or hold the attention of
Your opinions interest me.

Rent

An object for which rent is charged or paid.

Interest

To cause to become involved or concerned with
Tried to interest her in taking a walk.

Rent

(obsolete) Income; revenue.

Interest

(Archaic) To concern or affect.

Rent

A tear or rip in some surface.

Interest

The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed.
Our bank offers borrowers an annual interest of 5%.

Rent

A division or schism.

Interest

Any excess over and above an exact equivalent

Rent

(transitive) To occupy premises in exchange for rent.
I rented a house from my friend's parents for a year.

Interest

(uncountable) A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.
He has a lot of interest in vintage cars.

Rent

(transitive) To grant occupation in return for rent.
We rented our house to our son's friend for a year.

Interest

(uncountable) Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.

Rent

(transitive) To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.

Interest

(countable) An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other undertaking or endeavor.
When scientists and doctors write articles and when politicians run for office, they are required in many countries to declare any existing conflicts of interest.
I have business interests in South Africa.
She has an interest in the proceedings, and all stakeholders' interests must be protected.

Rent

(intransitive) To be leased or let for rent.
The house rents for five hundred dollars a month.

Interest

(countable) Something or someone one is interested in.
Lexicography is one of my interests.
Victorian furniture is an interest of mine.
The main character's romantic interest will be played by a non-professional actor.

Rent

Simple past tense and past participle of rend

Interest

(uncountable) Condition or quality of exciting concern or being of importance.

Rent

That has been torn or rent; ripped; torn.

Interest

Injury, or compensation for injury; damages.

Rent

To rant.

Interest

The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively.
The iron interest;
The cotton interest

Rent

To tear. See Rend.

Interest

To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing.
It might interest you to learn that others have already tried that approach.
Action films don't really interest me.

Rent

To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it.

Interest

To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.

Rent

To take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the tennant rents an estate of the owner.

Interest

(obsolete) To cause or permit to share.

Rent

To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year.

Interest

To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work.
To love our native country . . . to be interested in its concerns is natural to all men.
A goddess who used to interest herself in marriages.

Rent

An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear.
See what a rent the envious Casca made.

Interest

To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; - often used impersonally.
Or rather, gracious sir,Create me to this glory, since my causeDoth interest this fair quarrel.

Rent

Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church.

Interest

To cause or permit to share.
The mystical communion of all faithful men is such as maketh every one to be interested in those precious blessings which any one of them receiveth at God's hands.

Rent

Income; revenue. See Catel.
[Bacchus] a waster was and all his rentIn wine and bordel he dispent.
So bought an annual rent or two,And liv'd, just as you see I do.

Interest

Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object; concern; a desire to learn more about a topic or engage often in an activity.
So much interest have I in thy sorrow.

Rent

Pay; reward; share; toll.
Death, that taketh of high and low his rent.

Interest

Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks.

Rent

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.

Interest

Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit.
Divisions hinder the common interest and public good.
When interest calls of all her sneaking train.

Rent

That portion of the produce of the earth paid to the landlord for the use of the "original and indestructible powers of the soil;" the excess of the return from a given piece of cultivated land over that from land of equal area at the "margin of cultivation." Called also economic rent, or Ricardian rent. Economic rent is due partly to differences of productivity, but chiefly to advantages of location; it is equivalent to ordinary or commercial rent less interest on improvements, and nearly equivalent to ground rent.

Interest

A fee paid for the use of money; a fee paid for a loan; - usually reckoned as a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars.
They have told their money, and let outTheir coin upon large interest.

Rent

A regular payment by a tenant to a landlord for use of some property

Interest

Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered.
You shall have your desires with interest.

Rent

An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart;
There was a rip in his pants
She had snags in her stockings

Interest

The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest.

Rent

The return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions

Interest

A sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something;
An interest in music

Rent

The act of rending or ripping or splitting something;
He gave the envelope a vigorous rip

Interest

The power of attracting or holding one's interest (because it is unusual or exciting etc.);
They said nothing of great interest
Primary colors can add interest to a room

Rent

Let for money;
We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad

Interest

A reason for wanting something done;
For your sake
Died for the sake of his country
In the interest of safety
In the common interest

Rent

Grant use or occupation of under a term of contract;
I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners

Interest

A fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed;
How much interest do you pay on your mortgage?

Rent

Engage for service under a term of contract;
We took an apartment on a quiet street
Let's rent a car
Shall we take a guide in Rome?

Interest

A diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly);
Sailing is her favorite pastime
His main pastime is gambling
He counts reading among his interests
They criticized the boy for his limited pursuits

Rent

Hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

Interest

(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something;
They have interests all over the world
A stake in the company's future

Interest

(usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims;
The iron interests stepped up production

Interest

Excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of

Interest

Be on the mind of;
I worry about the second Germanic consonant

Interest

Be of importance or consequence;
This matters to me!

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