reti
1. (loan) (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to pay rent, lease.
Nō ēnei marama ka mahue ake nei ka ungia he minita ki Te Paina, ki Mōrena hoki, kua retia he whare mō rāua (TP 10/1908:3). / In these past months ministers have been installed at Te Paina and Morrinsville and houses have been leased for them both.
2. (loan) (noun) rent (payment), rates.
Katoa ngā moni o ngā reti o ō koutou whenua, e hoa, e Karaka, e whakapaua ana anō hei oranga mō ā koutou tamariki e tae nei ki Tīpene (TP 11/1904:5). / All the revenue from the rent of your land, my friend, Karaka, is being used to pay for your children to attend St Stephen's School.
Synonyms: rēti, tāke kaunihera
