RENT

noun
a large tear in a piece of fabric:
Eddie was dismayed by the rent in the roof of the tent
figurative
they stared at the rents in the clouds
mid 16th century: from obsolete rent 'pull to pieces, lacerate', variant of rend
Pronunciation:rent
past and past participle of rend.
noun
a tenant’s regular payment to a landlord for the use of property or land:
I cannot even afford to pay the rent on this flat
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French rente, from a root shared by render
verb
pay someone for the use of (something, typically property or land
"they rented a house together in Sussex"
synonyms:hire, lease, charter
occupy temporarily, live in temporarily
RENT.
What we are going to pay for 35 years for replacing a building,
on our land with an office and hotel complex we neither want or need.
We need affordable houses or flats for workers in the city centre!