Rentier Definition

räɴ-tyā
rentier, rentiers
noun
A person who has a fixed income from land, bonds, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Rentier

Noun

Singular:
rentier
Plural:
rentiers

Origin of Rentier

  • French from rente yearly income from Old French rent1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French.

    From Wiktionary

Rentier Sentence Examples

  • Madagascar (Paris, 1894); Rentier, Les droits de la France sur Madagascar (1895) Corlay, Notre campagne a Madagascar(Paris, 1896); Knight,Madagas- car in Wa'-time (London, 1896); Carol, Chez les Hovas (Paris, 1898); Gallieni, Neuf ans a Madagascar (Paris, 1908).

  • Also due to the loss of the Congo, rentier incomes declined in the Kennedy offensive period in Belgium.

  • We have a rentier state that is not addressing the problem of the people.

  • Despite its epic scale, however, this Atlantic rentier economy was only one of several primary capital- circuits.

  • Domestically, bank and oil capital were reinforced as part of a general shift wards rentier forms of accumulation.

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Words Starting With

RREREN

Words Ending With

RERIER

Unscrambles

rentier

Words Starting With R and Ending With R

Starts With R & Ends With RStarts With RE & Ends With RStarts With R & Ends With ER

Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With R7 Letter Words Ending With R