association vs rent

association

noun
  • The act of associating. 

  • The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something. 

  • Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf. 

  • A benevolent overseas Chinese organization of popular origin for overseas Chinese individuals with the same surname or trade or business. 

  • A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society. 

  • Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation). 

rent

noun
  • A division or schism. 

  • An object for which rent is charged or paid. 

  • A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property. 

  • A similar payment for the use of a product, equipment or a service. 

  • A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business. 

  • A tear or rip in some surface. 

adj
  • That has been torn or rent; ripped; torn. 

verb
  • To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money. 

  • To occupy premises in exchange for rent. 

  • To be leased or let for rent. 

  • To grant occupation in return for rent. 

How often have the words association and rent occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )