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renter

renter noun: one who rents property or other goods from another.

Noun

renter (plural renters)

  1. One who rents property or other goods from another.
    • Create an input form that enables you to enter the data for new videos without seeing the information on whether the video is rented. Save this form with the name New video. Then create a form for entering the name of a renter […]1999, Donna M. Matherly, Michele Reader, Microsoft Office 97 Professional Essentials
    • Nearly half of all renter households in the US were cost-burdened in 2023, meaning they paid more than 30% of their income towards housing costs, according to new government data.2024 September 12, Samantha Delouya, “Nearly half of US renters spend more than 30% of their income on housing costs”, in CNN Business
    Synonyms:
    lessee, tenant, rentee
  2. One who owns or controls property and rents that property to another.
    Synonyms:
    lessor, landlord, rentor
  3. (UK, slang) (Synonym of rent boy) Male prostitute.
    • It was Sweet Alice who introduced me to the various renter types, and explained to me their costumes, and their habits, and their skills.1998, Sarah Waters, Tipping the Velvet, Virago (2018), page 205
  4. (informal) A film worth renting, but not possibly worth visiting a cinema to see.

Verb

renter (third-person singular simple present renters, present participle rentering, simple past and past participle rentered)

  1. To sew together so that the seam is scarcely visible; to sew up with skill and nicety; to finedraw.
  2. To restore the original design of (a tapestry) by working in new warp.

renter meaning in Tamil and Bengali

renter in Tamil

மீள்பயன்குறை பூவேலைப்பாடு, இசாராதார்

renter in Bengali

renter, hiree, tenant, lessee
ভাড়াটিয়া bhaṛaṭiẏa, ভাড়াটে bhaṛaṭe, ভাড়াইট্যা bhaṛaiṭṭa

Synonyms of renter

All synonyms of renter

Forms of renter

Noun
pluralrenters
Verb
third-person singular presentrenters
present participlerentering
past participlerentered
pastrentered

Plural of renter: renters

Origin of renter

From rent + -er.

Borrowed from French rentraire; Latin prefix re- (“re-”) + in (“into, in”) + trahere (“to draw”).

Words formed from renter

Words that rhyme with renter

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Questions about renter

What does renter mean?
Renter means one who rents property or other goods from another.
What is renter in Tamil?
Renter in Tamil is மீள்பயன்குறை பூவேலைப்பாடு, இசாராதார். See Renter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is renter?
Renter can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of renter?
The plural of renter is renters.

Words near renter in the dictionary

  1. rentee
  2. rentees
  3. Renten
  4. Rentenmark
  5. Rentenmarks
  6. renter
  7. rentered
  8. renterer
  9. renterers
  10. Renteria
  11. Renterias

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: renter (page history and authors); renter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ভাড়াইট্যা (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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