[Grammar] Rent vs rental

[patran]

Dear teachers

I am confused with the usage between "rent" and "rental". Say, should I say the rental is rising, or the rent is rising?

Look forward to hearing from you

Regards

Anthony the learner

 

[emsr2d2]

Dear teachers

I am confused with the usage between "rent" and "rental". Say, should I say the rental is rising, or the rent is rising?

Look forward to hearing from you

Regards

Anthony the learner

The most natural for me would be:

The rent is rising.
The rental price/cost is rising.

That's because I generally treat "rental" as an adjective. However, it is also a noun which simply means the amount of money received as rent, so I guess you can say "The rental is rising". To me, though, that sounds wrong.

 

[Tullia]

I generally treat "rental" as an adjective. However, it is also a noun which simply means the amount of money received as rent, so I guess you can say "The rental is rising". To me, though, that sounds wrong.

^ I agree with this 100%. I don't think we use "rental" as a noun meaning "the amount of money received as rent" in BrE very much at all.

We do refer to things like "line rental" and "car rental" though.

 

[SoothingDave]

The most natural for me would be:

The rent is rising.
The rental price/cost is rising.

That's because I generally treat "rental" as an adjective. However, it is also a noun which simply means the amount of money received as rent, so I guess you can say "The rental is rising". To me, though, that sounds wrong.

"Rental" isn't used like that in AmE.

It is used as an adjective, like "rental car."