Contract
Rent
Rent verb - To take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum.
Usage example: will need to rent a car while we're in Europe
Contract and rent are semantically related in activity topic. Sometimes you can use "Contract" instead the word "Rent" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as service, contract out, farm out, hire.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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In "Girl Meets Popular" it's said there is rent control in their building: the nice bakery downstairs has a contract that says the rent will not be raised... until a froyo shop that wants to move in finds a loophole in the contract to try and raise the rent to unaffordable levels to force them out.
Source: Series / Girl Meets World
Cite this Source
Rent and Contract. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contract/rent
Contract & Rent. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/contract/rent>.
Rent or Contract. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/contract/rent.
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