I. -t ə l noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin rentale, from Middle English rente rent + Latin -ale, neuter of -alis -al
1. : rent-roll
2. : an amount paid or collected as rent : income from rent
collected the most rental of the city's apartment house owners
: return (as a sum of money) given or received as rent : the amount of rent
the average rental (including gas, electricity, heat, and janitor service) is $8.08 per month for each room — American Guide Series: New Jersey
3. Scots law , obsolete : a tack usually for life for a low customary rent granted to kindly tenants
4. : a property (as an apartment, automobile, dinner jacket) that is given for use in return for payment : something rented
moved to a cheaper rental
5. : an act of renting
rentals are made only to … established film societies — Saturday Review
6. : a business that rents something
II. adjective
1. : of or relating to rent
rental charges
2. : that can be or has been rented
rental housing
a rental car
rental books
3. : dealing in rental property
a rental agency