rent vs scarification

rent

noun
  • A tear or rip in some surface. 

  • An object for which rent is charged or paid. 

  • A division or schism. 

  • 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. 

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. 

scarification

noun
  • A medieval form of penance in which the skin was damaged with a knife or hot iron. 

  • The act of scarifying: raking the ground harshly to remove weeds, etc. 

  • A route of administration for some vaccinations and tests: rather than hypodermic injection, the site is inoculated intradermally not with any injection but rather only with small, shallow pricks or scratches; the needle is not hollow. 

  • The scratching, etching, burning / branding, or superficially cutting designs, pictures, or words into the skin as a permanent body modification. 

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