Borrow vs. Rent — What's the Difference?

Taking something temporarily with the owner's permission.

To pay for the use of something, typically property, land, or a car, on a temporary basis.

To receive something from someone with the intention of returning it.

To enter into an agreement where one pays for the temporary use of something.

To receive money from a person or bank with an agreement to pay it back later.

To let out property or equipment in exchange for payment.

To take and use something belonging to someone else, with the intention of returning it.

To occupy premises in exchange for rent.

To adopt ideas or words from another source.

The amount charged for the temporary use of something.

To obtain or receive (something) on loan with the promise or understanding of returning it or its equivalent.

Payment, usually of an amount fixed by contract, made by a tenant at specified intervals in return for the right to occupy or use the property of another.

To adopt or use as one's own

A similar payment made for the use of a facility, equipment, or service provided by another.

In subtraction, to take a unit from the next larger denomination in the minuend so as to make a number larger than the number to be subtracted.

The return derived from cultivated or improved land after deduction of all production costs.

(Linguistics) To adopt (a word) from one language for use in another.

The difference between the price paid for use of a resource whose supply is inelastic and the minimum price at which that resource would still be provided. Also called economic rent.

To borrow something.

An opening made by rending; a rip.

(Linguistics) To adopt words from one language for use in another.

A breach of relations between persons or groups; a rift.

To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.

To obtain occupancy or use of (another's property) in return for regular payments.

To receive money from a bank or other lender under the agreement that the lender will be paid back over time.

To grant temporary occupancy or use of (one's own property or a service) in return for regular payments

To adopt (an idea) as one's own.

To be for rent

(linguistics) To adopt a word from another language.

A past tense and a past participle of rend.

(arithmetic) In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.

A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property.

To lend.

A similar payment for the use of a product, equipment or a service.

(ditransitive) To temporarily obtain (something) for (someone).

(economics) A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business.

To feign or counterfeit.

An object for which rent is charged or paid.

(obsolete except in ballads) To secure the release of (someone) from prison.

(obsolete) Income; revenue.

(informal) To receive (something, usually of trifling value) from somebody, with little possibility of returning it.

A tear or rip in some surface.

(informal) To interrupt the current activity of (a person) and lead them away in order to speak with them, get their help, etc.

A division or schism.

(golf) To adjust one's aim in order to compensate for the slope of the green.

(transitive) To occupy premises in exchange for rent.

Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant.

(transitive) To grant occupation in return for rent.

A borrow pit.

(transitive) To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.

(programming) In the Rust programming language, the situation where the ownership of a value is temporarily transferred to another region of code.

(intransitive) To be leased or let for rent.

(archaic) A ransom; a pledge or guarantee.

Simple past tense and past participle of rend

(archaic) A surety; someone standing bail.

That has been torn or rent; ripped; torn.

To receive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; - the opposite of lend.

To rant.

To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; - a term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of the minuend.

To tear. See Rend.

To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another.

To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it.

To feign or counterfeit.

To take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the tennant rents an estate of the owner.

To receive; to take; to derive.

To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year.

Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage.

An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear.

The act of borrowing.

Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church.

Get temporarily;

Income; revenue. See Catel.

Take up and practice as one's own

Pay; reward; share; toll.

A certain periodical profit, whether in money, provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and tenements in payment for the use; commonly, a certain pecuniary sum agreed upon between a tenant and his landlord, paid at fixed intervals by the lessee to the lessor, for the use of land or its appendages; as, rent for a farm, a house, a park, etc.

That portion of the produce of the earth paid to the landlord for the use of the "original and indestructible powers of the soil;" the excess of the return from a given piece of cultivated land over that from land of equal area at the "margin of cultivation." Called also economic rent, or Ricardian rent. Economic rent is due partly to differences of productivity, but chiefly to advantages of location; it is equivalent to ordinary or commercial rent less interest on improvements, and nearly equivalent to ground rent.

A regular payment by a tenant to a landlord for use of some property

An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart;

The return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions

The act of rending or ripping or splitting something;

Let for money;

Grant use or occupation of under a term of contract;

Engage for service under a term of contract;

Hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

No, renting can apply to various assets, including equipment, vehicles, and properties.

Borrowing is obtaining something from someone with the intention of returning it later, typically without a formal agreement or payment.

Renting is a formal agreement where you pay for the temporary use of an asset, like property or a car.

Generally, no. Borrowing is usually based on mutual trust without a formal contract.

Yes, borrowing can involve money, such as taking a loan, which is to be repaid over time.

While possible, borrowing is usually intended for short-term use.

Yes, renting agreements are legally binding and enforce legal obligations on both parties.

Yes, renting typically requires a formal agreement or contract outlining the terms of use.

You may be liable for repairs or face penalties as outlined in the rental agreement.

Typically, no. Subletting or lending rented property usually requires the owner's consent.

Theoretically, if a financial transaction is introduced for the use of the borrowed item, it could resemble renting.

Borrowing a book from the library is free, based on membership, while renting a movie involves a payment for a limited viewing period.

It’s expected you repair or replace the item, based on mutual understanding with the owner.

No, renting involves a financial transaction, where payment is made for the use of an asset.

Borrowing is less formal and not usually legally binding, relying on personal trust.