Rent

RENT

-noun

1. a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord or owner for the occupation or use of land, buildings, or by a user for the use of other property, such as a telephone

2. economics

a. that portion of the national income accruing to owners of land and real property

b. the return derived from the cultivation of land in excess of production costs

-verb

3. (trans.) to grant (a person) the right to use one's property in return for periodic payments

4. (trans.) to occupy or use (property) in return for periodic payments

5. (intra.; often followed by “at”) to be let or rented (for a specified rental)

-noun

1. a slit or opening made by tearing or rending; tear

2. a breach or division, as in relations

-verb

3. the past tense and past participle of rend

I went through

A rent in reality

Never raised

Yet onerous

For sanity