做过好几批租赁方面的稿件，脑子里出现好几个租赁相关的词语——Rent, rental, lease, sublet。每次遣词造句之前，我都会查一下剑桥词典。一方面，加深印象，识记相关用法；另一方面，避免稿件出现搭配错误。
- Rent (租金，租房，出租)
[ C or U ] a fixed amount of money that you pay regularly for the use of a room, house, car, television, etc. that someone else owns: 租金
I pay a higher rent/more rent than the other tenants because my room is bigger. 支付租金
搭配： a fair/high/low rent
annual/monthly rent
commercial/office rents
pay (the) rent 付租金
charge/collect rent 收租金
for rent --- The restaurant had rooms for rent. 有房出租。
verb [I or T] to pay a fixed amount of money regularly for the use of a room, house, office, etc.: rent a house 租房
rent sth from sb
She has rented an apartment from a private landlord through a letting agent. 她通过房屋中介从私人房东处租了一处公寓。
[T] rent sth out to receive an amount of money from somebody for the use of something, especially a room, house, office, etc. that you own: rent sth to sb , rent out sth to sb 出租房屋
- Rental noun （租赁事宜，租金，租赁物）
[ C or U ] an arrangement to rent something, or the amount of money that you pay to rent something: 租赁，租金
Property rental is quite expensive here.
DVD rentals have decreased this year. 租赁业务
a car rental company 租车公司
[ C ] mainlyus something such as a house, car, or bike that you rent: 租赁物
Because larger rentals are the hardest to find, tenants snap them up quickly.
Is that your car or is it a rental?
- Lease noun / verb （租赁，租赁合同）
lease sth to sb / lease sb sth 把某物租给某人
noun [C] 租赁合同
a legal agreement in which you pay money in order to use a building, piece of land, vehicle, etc. for a period:
He has the house on a long lease.
The lease runs out/expires in two years' time. 租赁合同期限为2年。
We signed a three-year lease when we moved into the house.
签了三年的租赁合同。
- Sublet 转租，分租 同义词——Sublease, underlease
sublet verb [ T ]
to allow someone to rent all or part of a house or other building that you are renting from someone else:
Our rental contract states that we are not allowed to sublet the house.
sublease sth from / to sth/ sb
One end is a mini-mall, with space subleased to a variety of businesses.
The downsizing companies might put too much office space up for sublease.
The head tenant will grant subleases in consideration of a premium and a low rent.
- 此外还有一些词。租户(tenant, lessee, renter)出租方(landlord, lessor)
暂时就列这些词的基本用法，我也还在消化中，感觉又熟悉了一番。用的时候，至少有个基本方向了。