lapot
Senior Member
Español
Hello. I've got a question. It's about the meaning or difference between rent and rent out, but in a specific context. I've come across the following examples which have broken my understanding of the verb 'rent out'. Here, two examples:
1) Beyonce and her hip-hop hubby, Jay-Z, rented out the hospital’s entire fourth floor for $1.3 million, the employee said.
2) Kanye West has been living in the Lanesborough Hotel, where he rented out the entire top floor, the last few months.
In every dictionary I've looked in, it says that rent out means: to allow someone to use something that you own such as a house or some land in exchange for regular payments. This can be expressed with some other words but this is the definiton provided by the dictionaries.
But in my examples (and I'm sure in many more) rent out means that this people are paying for something that other person owns. Just the opposite.
So I think using 'rent out' in those examples could be incorrect, but used. But I think rented would be better.
Any thoughts on that? MaybeI'm missing something and I'm totally wrong... Thanks in advance!
1) Beyonce and her hip-hop hubby, Jay-Z, rented out the hospital’s entire fourth floor for $1.3 million, the employee said.
2) Kanye West has been living in the Lanesborough Hotel, where he rented out the entire top floor, the last few months.
In every dictionary I've looked in, it says that rent out means: to allow someone to use something that you own such as a house or some land in exchange for regular payments. This can be expressed with some other words but this is the definiton provided by the dictionaries.
But in my examples (and I'm sure in many more) rent out means that this people are paying for something that other person owns. Just the opposite.
So I think using 'rent out' in those examples could be incorrect, but used. But I think rented would be better.
Any thoughts on that? MaybeI'm missing something and I'm totally wrong... Thanks in advance!