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rent-seeker

rent-seeker noun: a person who engages in rent-seeking behavior.

Noun

rent-seeker (plural rent-seekers)

  1. A person who engages in rent-seeking behavior.
    • The marginal rent-seeker may in fact have faced high information costs.1993 Jan, Thomas W. Hazlett, Robert J. Michaels, “The Cost of Rent-Seeking: Evidence from Cellular Telephone License Lotteries”, in Southern Economic Journal, volume 59, number 3, pages 425–435

rent-seeker meaning in Indonesian

rent-seeker in Indonesian

person
pemburu rente

Forms of rent-seeker

pluralrent-seekers

Questions about rent-seeker

What does rent-seeker mean?
Rent-seeker means a person who engages in rent-seeking behavior.
What is rent-seeker in Indonesian?
Rent-seeker in Indonesian is pemburu rente. See Rent-seeker meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is rent-seeker?
Rent-seeker is a noun.
What is the plural of rent-seeker?
The plural of rent-seeker is rent-seekers.

Words near rent-seeker in the dictionary

  1. rent-a-wombs
  2. rent-controlled
  3. rent-free
  4. rent-lowering gunshot
  5. rent-lowering gunshots
  6. rent-seeker
  7. rent-seekers
  8. rent-seeking
  9. rent-stabilized
  10. rent-to-own
  11. Renta

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