re|nowned /r I naʊ nd/ ADJ A person or place that is renowned for something, usually something good, is well known because of it. □ [+ for ] The area is renowned for its Romanesque churches. [Also + as ]
rent ◆◇◇ /re nt/ (rents , renting , rented )
1 VERB If you rent something, you regularly pay its owner a sum of money in order to be able to have it and use it yourself. □ [V n] She rents a house with three other girls. □ [V -ed] He left his hotel in a rented car.
2 VERB If you rent something to someone, you let them have it and use it in exchange for a sum of money which they pay you regularly. □ [V n + to ] She rented rooms to university students. ● PHRASAL VERB Rent out means the same as rent . □ [V P n] He rented out his house while he worked abroad. □ [V n P ] He repaired the boat, and rented it out for $150.
3 N‑VAR Rent is the amount of money that you pay regularly to use a house, flat, or piece of land. □ She worked to pay the rent while I went to college.
4 Rent is the past tense and past participle of rend .
5 → see also ground rent , peppercorn rent
▸ rent out → see rent 2
rent|al /re nt ə l/ (rentals )
1 N‑UNCOUNT The rental of something such as a car, property, or piece of equipment is the activity or process of renting it. □ We can organise car rental from Chicago O'Hare Airport.
2 N‑COUNT The rental is the amount of money that you pay when you rent something such as a car, property, or piece of equipment. □ It has been let at an annual rental of £393,000.
3 ADJ [ADJ n] You use rental to describe things that are connected with the renting out of goods, properties, and services. □ A friend drove her to Oxford, where she picked up a rental car.
re nt boy (rent boys ) N‑COUNT A rent boy is a boy or young man who has sex with men for money. [BRIT , INFORMAL ]
re nt-free ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you have a rent-free house or office, you do not have to pay anything to use it. □ He was given a new rent-free apartment. ● ADV [ADV after v] Rent-free is also an adverb. □ They told James he could no longer live rent-free.
re|nun|cia|tion /r I nʌ nsie I ʃ ə n/
1 N‑UNCOUNT The renunciation of a belief or a way of behaving is the public declaration that you reject it and have decided to stop having that belief or behaving in that way. □ [+ of ] The talks were dependent on a renunciation of violence.
2 N‑UNCOUNT The renunciation of a claim, title, or privilege is the act of officially giving it up. □ [+ of ] …the renunciation of territory in the Mediterranean.
3 N‑UNCOUNT Renunciation is the act of not allowing yourself certain pleasures for moral or religious reasons. □ Gandhi exemplified the virtues of renunciation, asceticism and restraint.
re|open /rioʊ pən/ (reopens , reopening , reopened )
1 VERB If you reopen a public building such as a factory, airport, or school, or if it reopens , it opens and starts working again after it has been closed for some time. □ [V n] We have plenty of coal underground, but reopening mines takes years and costs billions. □ [V ] The Theatre Royal, Norwich, will reopen in November.
2 VERB If police or the courts reopen a legal case, they investigate it again because it has never been solved or because there was something wrong in the way it was investigated before. □ [V n] There was a call today to reopen the investigation into the bombing.
3 VERB If people or countries reopen talks or negotiations or if talks or negotiations reopen , they begin again after they have stopped for some time. □ [V n] But now high level delegations will reopen talks that broke up earlier this year. □ [V n + with ] …the possibility of reopening negotiations with the government. □ [V ] Peace talks reopened between the rebels and the government.
4 VERB If people or countries reopen ties or relations, they start being friendly again after a time when they were not friendly. □ [V n + with ] The President has been eager to reopen ties with western corporations. □ [V n] The two countries reopened diplomatic relations.
5 VERB If something reopens a question or debate, it makes the question or debate relevant again and causes people to start discussing it again. □ [V n] His results are likely to reopen the debate on race and education.
6 VERB If a country reopens a border or route, or if it reopens , it becomes possible to cross or travel along it again after it has been closed. □ [V n] …making peace with its neighbour by reopening its border. □ [V ] The important Beijing Shanghai route has reopened.
re|or|gan|ize /riɔː r gəna I z/ (reorganizes , reorganizing , reorganized ) in BRIT, also use reorganise VERB To reorganize something or to reorganize means to change the way in which something is organized, arranged, or done. □ [V n] It is the mother who is expected to reorganize her busy schedule. □ [be V -ed + into ] Four thousand troops have been reorganized into a fighting force. □ [V ] They'll have to reorganise and that might cause them problems. ● re|or|gani|za|tion /riɔː r gəna I ze I ʃ ə n/ (reorganizations ) N‑VAR □ [+ of ] …the reorganization of the legal system.