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rent increase
/rɛnt ˈɪŋkriːs/RENT IN·crease
Band 5-6speakingtask2
A rise in the amount of money charged for renting a property; when landlords raise the rent.
Examples
“The landlord announced a rent increase starting next month.”
“Many tenants cannot afford the recent rent increases.”
“The council froze rent increases for low-income households.”
Band 8 sentence
“Widespread rent increases have priced many long-term residents out of their neighbourhoods.”
Collocations
- announce a rent increase
- face a rent increase
- prevent rent increases
Word family
rent noun/verbincrease noun/verbincreased adjective
Common mistakes
increase rent→rent increase
raise the renting→raise the rent
Say it for a higher band
5increase rent→6raise the rent→7+rent increase
Synonyms
rental hike
Easily confused
rental hike
“The sudden rental hike forced several families to move out.”
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