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chirie
rent (money paid to use someone else's property) /kiˈri.e/
noun#2824 most common
Also: hire fee, rental payment
Example sentences
Plătesc chiria în fiecare lună.
I pay the rent every month.
Chiria apartamentului este mare.
The rent for the apartment is high.
Proprietarul a mărit chiria cu zece la sută.
The landlord raised the rent by ten percent.
Ne-am mutat pentru că nu ne mai permiteam chiria din centru.
We moved because we could no longer afford the rent downtown.
Deși veniturile cresc, chiriile din marile orașe rămân inaccesibile pentru mulți tineri.
Although incomes are rising, rents in big cities remain unaffordable for many young people.
Legea care plafonează chiriile a stârnit controverse între proprietari și chiriași, fiecare invocând argumente economice diferite.
The law that caps rents has sparked controversy between landlords and tenants, each invoking different economic arguments.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | chirie | chirii |
| Genitive | chiriei | chiriilor |
| Accusative | chirie | chirii |
| Vocative | chirie | chirii |
Word family
chiriaștenant, renter
închiriato rent, to lease
închirierethe act of renting, rental
chirigiuhired carter or hauler (dated)
Etymology
Chirie entered Romanian from Ottoman Turkish kira, meaning rent or hire, during the centuries of Ottoman influence in the region. The Turkish word itself traces back to Arabic. It is a borrowed root, not an inherited Indo-European word, so it has no Proto-Indo-European ancestor.
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