rents
/rɛnts
/(also 'rents)
plural noun informal
A person’s parents: are your rents still in town? the 'rents will be home soon...
- Not a big fan of cigarettes myself, I had no problem with the rents' 'smoke outside' policy.
- I had nothing to do but listen to the rents rant.
- The rents are sending me to the Philippines.
Origin
1960s: abbreviation.