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rent

[rent] / rɛnt /
NOUN
fee paid for use, service, or privilege
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Most workers still want their jobs to be “about more than financial success or just a necessary evil to pay the rent,” author and Harvard professor Arthur Brooks wrote last year in the Atlantic.

From MarketWatch

Raman, who chairs the council’s Housing and Homelessness committee, has championed some traditionally progressive measures, such as just-cause eviction protections and strengthening the city’s rent stabilization ordinance.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2014, its then private-equity owner Golden Gate Capital sold off the chain’s real estate, tying Red Lobster with rent payments and leases, many of which continue almost indefinitely.

From The Wall Street Journal

He hosted influencer-fueled parties at a Beverly Hills mansion he rented with a pool and basketball court.

From The Wall Street Journal

The cost of shelter — rents and home prices — are also slowing.

From MarketWatch