rentingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈrɛntɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈrɛn(t)ɪŋ/

Forms: see rent v.¹ and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rent v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < rent v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier rending n.

The action of rending or tearing. Now chiefly in conjunction with tearing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > [noun]

tatteringc1380

rendinga1398

rifta1400

rentingc1405

ripping1463

direption1483

outriving1488

dilaceration1545

raving1553

dilaniation1569

divulsion1603

discission1628

discerption1645

tear1666

rent1753

shredding1954

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1970 Whan Ector was broght al fressh yslayn To Troye, allas the pitee þ^t was ther Cracchynge of chekes, rentyng [v.r. rentynge] eek of heer.

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 62 (MED) Contusion forsoþ is a seperacioun & dilaceracion, rentyng [?c1425 Paris departynge and terynge], made profoundly in musculous flesh.

a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 2591 (MED) My-sylff, I may the Rentyng whyte, I knowe yt wel, & the aquyte.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. UUUii^v To the rentyng of his handes & fete, that the preciouse blode issued.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Ff4^v Appalled with the grieuous renting of their long combination.

1638 A. Read Treat. 1st Pt. Chirurg. xxv. 191 Cut off the threed hard by the knot, lest the ends..should cause a renting of that which you did sow.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 270/2 There is no sign of a Renting, Tearing, or of a Raggedness of the parts.

1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. II. 119 It stood the strongest heat without renting.

1931 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 26 June 28/7 Since the first indications were seen, the renting and tearing with the drop appears daily more distinct.

1982 Times 25 Nov. 22/4 There was a lot of renting and tearing when my daughter Georgia went back to Australia at the age of 10 or 11 and I was in America.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

rentingn.²

Brit.

/ˈrɛntɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈrɛn(t)ɪŋ/

Forms: see rent v.² and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rent v.², -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < rent v.² + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action of letting or taking at a rent. Also with out.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > buying > hiring or renting > [noun]

hiringc1400

conduction1538

renting1552

hire1615

society > trade and finance > selling > hiring or letting out > [noun]

hiringc1400

letting1425

lettage1530

fee-farming1549

renting1552

location1581

loan1601

rental1800

let1839

letment-

1552 Ordre Hospital S. Bartholomewes Pref. sig. A.iij^v The helpe therunto [sc. the repair of houses]..was by the former leases and rentinges preuented.

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Pujamiento Renting of a commoditie, buying by great.

1606 R. Knolles tr. J. Bodin Six Bks. Common-weale vi. ii. 653 He made an other edict for the renting out of waste lands.

1661 F. Philipps Ligeancia Lugens 14 Landlords might be..ordered to take what the factiously well-affected Tenants should call reasonable in the leasing and renting of their Lands.

1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Empheuteusis, a Planting, or Grafting: In the Roman Law, the Renting of Land, upon Condition to Plant it.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xi. 190 The Dukes of Athol, Sutherland, Buccleugh..have introduced..the renting of game-preserves.

1878 Telegr. Jrnl. 6 51/1 The regulations concerning the despatch and receipt of telegrams, the tariffs for the same, and for the renting of private wires.

1946 E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh p. vii The renting of rooms on the upper floors, under the Raines-Law loopholes.

1992 J. MacKenna Unclouded Days in Fallen 15 ‘We all have to eat and the place is for renting,’ he said.

2000 J. Cummings World Food: Thailand 177 Tàlàat thêhtsabaan (municipal markets), funded by the renting out of stalls and spaces within.

2. slang. The action of obtaining money from someone by criminal means or in exchange for homosexual favours. Cf. rent v.² 6b.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > action or practice of male prostitute

prostitution1661

renting1956

1956 C. 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 C. Mackenzie My 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.

2001 A. O'Hare Green Eyes xxi. 312 He was presently working days in a City pub and supplementing his income by renting in the evening.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

1914 Times 16 Feb. 6/2 All the film agents and manufacturers in this country, as well as a number of renting firms.

1920 I. 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.

1927 Melody Maker Aug. 819/2 Every renting house of any standing requires a capable and experienced cinema musician permanently on its staff.

1989 Daily Nation (Nairobi) 3 Aug. 25/2 Dagoretti Gacui 4 bedroomed wooden bungalow extra, eight renting rooms on ¼ acre.

1999 Independent 8 Apr. ii. 5/4 They bunkered up with colleagues in grotty terraced housing to save on renting costs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

rentingadj.

Brit.

/ˈrɛntɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈrɛn(t)ɪŋ/

Forms: see rent v.¹ and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rent v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < rent v.¹ + -ing suffix². Compare earlier rending adj.

Now rare.

That rends or tears (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > [adjective]

rivinga1400

renting1561

ripping1576

splitting1609

divulsivea1626

rending1660

shredding1883

1561 G. North tr. Descr. Swedland sig. Eiv The hurle winde of mischief, & renting breath of vices, had shipwrackt in hym al princely vertues.

1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 25 ^v Doth feare the harmes of gaping golfes, and renting rocks doth mone.

1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island xi. xii. 148 At length..A renting sigh way for her sorrow brake.

1687 London Gaz. No. 2258/2 Our latent Affections, that kept their Cave during the renting Wind and Earthquake.

1756 H. Innes Medit. & Reasonings v. 67 The trembling earth would have shaken them to pieces; the renting rocks would have tumbled upon them.

1785 L. Booker Poems II. 83 Those surface-skimming legs—What pity they shou'd e'er be forc'd to bend O'er mountains, vallies, and uncultur'd wilds, Thro' renting thorns to save the lives they bear!

1994 Proc. & Addr. Amer. Philos. Assoc. 67 16 To be plunged below..into the crevice of a renting and rending earth, causes in us the distinctively abject terror of being permanently lost, out of sight, buried alive.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹c1405

n.²1552

adj.1561

单词	renting
释义	rentingn.¹ Brit. /ˈrɛntɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrɛn(t)ɪŋ/ Forms: see rent v.¹ and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rent v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < rent v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier rending n. The action of rending or tearing. Now chiefly in conjunction with tearing. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > [noun] tatteringc1380 rendinga1398 rifta1400 rentingc1405 ripping1463 direption1483 outriving1488 dilaceration1545 raving1553 dilaniation1569 divulsion1603 discission1628 discerption1645 tear1666 rent1753 shredding1954 c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1970 Whan Ector was broght al fressh yslayn To Troye, allas the pitee þ^t was ther Cracchynge of chekes, rentyng [v.r. rentynge] eek of heer. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 62 (MED) Contusion forsoþ is a seperacioun & dilaceracion, rentyng [?c1425 Paris departynge and terynge], made profoundly in musculous flesh. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 2591 (MED) My-sylff, I may the Rentyng whyte, I knowe yt wel, & the aquyte. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. UUUii^v To the rentyng of his handes & fete, that the preciouse blode issued. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Ff4^v Appalled with the grieuous renting of their long combination. 1638 A. Read Treat. 1st Pt. Chirurg. xxv. 191 Cut off the threed hard by the knot, lest the ends..should cause a renting of that which you did sow. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 270/2 There is no sign of a Renting, Tearing, or of a Raggedness of the parts. 1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. II. 119 It stood the strongest heat without renting. 1931 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 26 June 28/7 Since the first indications were seen, the renting and tearing with the drop appears daily more distinct. 1982 Times 25 Nov. 22/4 There was a lot of renting and tearing when my daughter Georgia went back to Australia at the age of 10 or 11 and I was in America. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rentingn.² Brit. /ˈrɛntɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrɛn(t)ɪŋ/ Forms: see rent v.² and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rent v.², -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < rent v.² + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action of letting or taking at a rent. Also with out. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > hiring or renting > [noun] hiringc1400 conduction1538 renting1552 hire1615 society > trade and finance > selling > hiring or letting out > [noun] hiringc1400 letting1425 lettage1530 fee-farming1549 renting1552 location1581 loan1601 rental1800 let1839 letment- 1552 Ordre Hospital S. Bartholomewes Pref. sig. A.iij^v The helpe therunto [sc. the repair of houses]..was by the former leases and rentinges preuented. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Pujamiento Renting of a commoditie, buying by great. 1606 R. Knolles tr. J. Bodin Six Bks. Common-weale vi. ii. 653 He made an other edict for the renting out of waste lands. 1661 F. Philipps Ligeancia Lugens 14 Landlords might be..ordered to take what the factiously well-affected Tenants should call reasonable in the leasing and renting of their Lands. 1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Empheuteusis, a Planting, or Grafting: In the Roman Law, the Renting of Land, upon Condition to Plant it. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xi. 190 The Dukes of Athol, Sutherland, Buccleugh..have introduced..the renting of game-preserves. 1878 Telegr. Jrnl. 6 51/1 The regulations concerning the despatch and receipt of telegrams, the tariffs for the same, and for the renting of private wires. 1946 E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh p. vii The renting of rooms on the upper floors, under the Raines-Law loopholes. 1992 J. MacKenna Unclouded Days in Fallen 15 ‘We all have to eat and the place is for renting,’ he said. 2000 J. Cummings World Food: Thailand 177 Tàlàat thêhtsabaan (municipal markets), funded by the renting out of stalls and spaces within. 2. slang. The action of obtaining money from someone by criminal means or in exchange for homosexual favours. Cf. rent v.² 6b. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > action or practice of male prostitute prostitution1661 renting1956 1956 C. 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 C. Mackenzie My 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. 2001 A. O'Hare Green Eyes xxi. 312 He was presently working days in a City pub and supplementing his income by renting in the evening. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1914 Times 16 Feb. 6/2 All the film agents and manufacturers in this country, as well as a number of renting firms. 1920 I. 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. 1927 Melody Maker Aug. 819/2 Every renting house of any standing requires a capable and experienced cinema musician permanently on its staff. 1989 Daily Nation (Nairobi) 3 Aug. 25/2 Dagoretti Gacui 4 bedroomed wooden bungalow extra, eight renting rooms on ¼ acre. 1999 Independent 8 Apr. ii. 5/4 They bunkered up with colleagues in grotty terraced housing to save on renting costs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rentingadj. Brit. /ˈrɛntɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrɛn(t)ɪŋ/ Forms: see rent v.¹ and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rent v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < rent v.¹ + -ing suffix². Compare earlier rending adj. Now rare. That rends or tears (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > [adjective] rivinga1400 renting1561 ripping1576 splitting1609 divulsivea1626 rending1660 shredding1883 1561 G. North tr. Descr. Swedland sig. Eiv The hurle winde of mischief, & renting breath of vices, had shipwrackt in hym al princely vertues. 1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 25 ^v Doth feare the harmes of gaping golfes, and renting rocks doth mone. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island xi. xii. 148 At length..A renting sigh way for her sorrow brake. 1687 London Gaz. No. 2258/2 Our latent Affections, that kept their Cave during the renting Wind and Earthquake. 1756 H. Innes Medit. & Reasonings v. 67 The trembling earth would have shaken them to pieces; the renting rocks would have tumbled upon them. 1785 L. Booker Poems II. 83 Those surface-skimming legs—What pity they shou'd e'er be forc'd to bend O'er mountains, vallies, and uncultur'd wilds, Thro' renting thorns to save the lives they bear! 1994 Proc. & Addr. Amer. Philos. Assoc. 67 16 To be plunged below..into the crevice of a renting and rending earth, causes in us the distinctively abject terror of being permanently lost, out of sight, buried alive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹c1405n.²1552adj.1561
随便看	set on another's back set on at cinque and sice set on at or to set on cinque and sice set on delay set on edge set on end set on etc legs set on fear set on fire set on gog set on going set on ground set on her legs set on her mettle set on high set on his etc feet set on his feet set on his her feet set on his legs set on his mettle set on one's feet, legs set on one's foot set on one's heart set on or upon the square

rentingn.1

rentingn.2

Compounds

rentingadj.

rentingn.¹

rentingn.²