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Paying forever to own nothing, then leaving and getting nothing back.
means Something you pay to use for a set time without ever owning it, from apartments to cars to power tools.
from From the Latin reddere, to give back or render, via Old French rente, income from property — the word always meant money flowing to whoever holds the keys.
Deposit limboMoney held hostage against imaginary future damage.
Word rootSame ancestor as rent, render, and rendezvous.
Status flipOnce routine, now a generational financial sentence.