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Tenacy vs Rent - What's the difference?

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In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between tenacy and rent

is that tenacy is (obsolete) tenaciousness; obstinacy while rent is (obsolete) income; revenue.

As nouns the difference between tenacy and rent

is that tenacy is (obsolete) tenaciousness; obstinacy while rent is a payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property or rent can be a tear or rip in some surface.

As a verb rent is

to occupy premises in exchange for rent or rent can be (rend).

tenacy

English

Noun

(-)
  • (obsolete) Tenaciousness; obstinacy.
  • (Barrow)
    (Webster 1913)

    rent

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) rente, from .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property.
  • * , chapter=17
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything.}}
  • A similar payment for the use of equipment or a service.
  • (economics) A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business.
  • An object for which rent is charged or paid.
  • (obsolete) income; revenue
  • * Gower
  • [Bacchus] a waster was and all his rent / In wine and bordel he dispent.
  • * (Alexander Pope)
  • So bought an annual rent or two, / And liv'd, just as you see I do.
    Derived terms
    * rental * renting * rent strike

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To occupy premises in exchange for rent.
  • To grant occupation in return for rent.
  • To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.
  • To be leased or let for rent.
  • The house rents for five hundred dollars a month.

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) . Variant form of renden.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tear or rip in some surface.
  • * 1913 ,
  • The brown paint on the door was so old that the naked wood showed between the rents .
  • A division or schism.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (rend)