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rent

NounSino-Korean: 傳貰

  1. 1

    rent; lease: The act of leasing a building, apartment, or room from its owner in exchange for a sum of money, or such money.

    Korean definition: 건물을 가지고 있는 사람에게 정해진 기간 동안 일정한 금액을 맡겨 놓고 그 건물을 빌려 쓰는 일. 또는 그 돈.

    • Our neighborhood has quite a lot of housing relative to its population, so jeonse prices are low.

    • For now I'll sign a monthly rent contract, and later when I have some money, I plan to switch to jeonse.

  2. 2

    rent; rented house: A room that one leases from its owner in exchange for a sum of money given to him/her as a security.

    Korean definition: 건물을 가지고 있는 사람에게 정해진 기간 동안 일정한 금액을 맡겨 놓고 빌려 쓰는 방.

    • My home is in the countryside, so as a college student I rented a place on jeonse and lived on my own.

    • When you live on jeonse, it's not your own home, so you have to be careful even about hammering nails into the walls.