{
  "id": "rental.economic",
  "term": "rental",
  "sense": "economic",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 16,
  "arena": "rental",
  "domain": "economic",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "an exchange where a thing is given for use in return for cost during time",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "exchange.trade",
      "cost.economic",
      "time.dimension",
      "give.transfer",
      "use.application",
      "given.premise",
      "return.movement"
    ],
    "interaction": "exchange.trade transfers the thing for use while cost.economic sets the price and time.dimension limits the duration",
    "novel_properties": [
      "temporary transfer of use rights",
      "obligated return of the thing",
      "payment for duration of use"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "In 2023, WeWork sublet 12 floors of New York's Hudson Yards for $50M annually after overexpanding.",
      "domain": "economics"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Hubble Space Telescope receives orbital adjustments every few years to counter atmospheric drag.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "Farmers in Punjab lease tractors from cooperatives for 15 days per harvest season at ₹2,000 per day.",
      "domain": "everyday life"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "exchange.trade",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "use.application",
      "note": "enables",
      "type": "enables"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "rental",
    "rentals"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6,
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "factual",
      "note": "Added given.premise and return.movement to components because the definition implies a binding agreement and return of the item, which are essential to the economic rental concept. The original record"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-rental.economic"
}