rental
noun /ˈrentl/
/ˈrentl/
- (also rent especially in North American English)[uncountable, countable, usually singular] the amount of money that you pay to use something for a particular period of time
租金 - Telephone charges include line rental.
电话费包括线路租用费。
Synonyms raterate- charge
- fee
- rent
- fine
- fare
- toll
- rental
- rate a fixed amount of money that is asked or paid for something:
- a low hourly rate of pay
按小时支付的低报酬 - interest rates
利率
- a low hourly rate of pay
- charge an amount of money that is asked for goods or services:
- an admission charge
入场费
- an admission charge
- fee (rather formal) an amount of money that you have to pay for professional advice or services, to go to a school or college, or to join an organization:
指专业服务费、咨询费、学费、会费: - legal fees
诉讼费 - an annual membership fee
年度会费
- legal fees
- rent an amount of money that you regularly have to pay for use of a building or room.
In American English, rent can be used to mean rental: The weekly rent on the car was over $300.指房屋租金 - fine a sum of money that must be paid as punishment for breaking a law or rule:
- a parking fine
违规停车罚款
- a parking fine
- fare the money that you pay to travel by bus, plane, taxi, etc.
指乘坐公共汽车、飞机、出租车等的费用 - toll an amount of money that you have to pay to use a particular road or bridge.
指道路、桥梁的通行费 - rental an amount of money that you have to pay to use something for a particular period of time.
指租金
In British English rent is only money paid to use a building or room: for other items use rental. In American English rent can be used for both, but rental is still more common for other items.Patterns用 rent 还是 rental? - (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/fine/fare/toll/rental for something
- (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/toll/rental on something
- at a rate/charge/fee/rent/fare/rental of…
- for a charge/fee
- to pay (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/fine/fare/toll/rental
- to charge (a) rate/fee/rent/fare/toll/rental
Topics Houses and homesc1- The phone bill gives a breakdown of the cost of the line rental and of calls.
电话账单列出了线路租金和通话费用的明细。 - the broadband package includes 6 months free line rental
该宽带套餐包含免半年的线路租金。 - The weekly rental on the car was over £200.
汽车每周租金超过200英镑。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- annual
- monthly
- weekly
- …
- company
- terms
- charge
- …
- Telephone charges include line rental.
出租;租赁;招租 - the world’s largest car rental company
世界最大的汽车租赁公司 - (especially North American English) a rental car
供出租的汽车 - a minimum rental period of three months
三个月的最低租用期
Topics Houses and homesc1- a coupon for a free movie rental
电影出租优惠券 - The local rental market is booming.
当地租赁市场日趋繁荣。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- annual
- monthly
- weekly
- …
- company
- terms
- charge
- …
- the world’s largest car rental company
- [countable] (especially North American English) a house, car or piece of equipment that you can rent
租用的房屋(或汽车、设备等) - ‘Is this your own car?’ ‘No, it's a rental.’
“这是你自己的车吗?” “不,是租来的。”
- ‘Is this your own car?’ ‘No, it's a rental.’
词源late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, or from Anglo-Latin rentale, from Old French rente, from a root shared by render.