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▪ I. ˈrenting, vbl. n.1
[f. rent v.1 + -ing1.]
1. The action of letting or taking at a rent.
1552in Vicary's Anat. (1888) App. xvi. 292 The helpe therunto [repair of houses]..was by the former leases and rentinges preuented. 1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Pujamiento, renting of a commoditie, buying by great. 1946E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh p. vii, The renting of rooms on the upper floors, under the Raines-Law loopholes. 1974Howard Jrnl. XIV. 41 Renting to the poor became increasingly unprofitable.
2. slang. In the sense of rent v.1 2 b.
1956C. Mackenzie Thin Ice xiv. 183 Mr. Jack Shore has done quite a lot of blackmailing, or in his own elegant phraseology a lot of renting, during his inglorious career. 1963― Life & Times II. 255 At this date [sc. 1899] the cant word among homosexuals for their proclivities was ‘so’. That seems to have vanished completely from current cant, though ‘renting’ for male prostitutes and ‘camping’ to express the way they attract the soliciting male still survive.
3. attrib., as renting firm, renting house.
1920I. P. Gore in L. Carson ‘Stage’ Year Bk. 1920 52 In the same way the big renting firm came to the rescue of its small rival. 1927Melody Maker Aug. 819/2 Every renting house of any standing requires a capable and experienced cinema musician permanently on its staff.
▪ II. † ˈrenting, vbl. n.2 Obs.
[f. rent v.2 + -ing1.]
The action of rending or tearing.
1426Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 2591 My-sylff I may the Rentyng whyte, I knowe yt wel, & the aquyte. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 254 b, To the rentyng of his handes and fete, that the precyous blode yssued. a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. (1898) 386 Appalled with the grievous renting of their first combination. 1638A. Read Chirurg. xxv. 191 Cut off the threed hard by the knot, lest the ends..should cause a renting of that which you did sow. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 270/2 There is no sign of a Renting, Tearing, or of a Raggedness of the parts.
▪ III. † ˈrenting, ppl. a. Obs.
[f. rent v.2 + -ing2.]
That rends or tears, in various senses.
1568T. Howell Arb. Amitie (1879) 68 Doth feare the harmes of gaping golfes, and renting rocks doth mone. 1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. xi. xii, At length..A renting sigh way for her sorrow brake. 1687Lond. Gaz. No. 2258/2 Our latent Affections, that kept their Cave during the renting Wind and Earthquake. |