rentier
/ˈɹɒntɪeɪ/
rentier noun: an individual who receives an income, usually interest, rent, dividends, capital gains, or profits from his or her assets and investments.
Noun
rentier (plural rentiers)
- An individual who receives an income, usually interest, rent, dividends, capital gains, or profits from his or her assets and investments.
- If today’s capitalists are mere lazy rentiers who contribute nothing to the production process, don’t they deserve to be downgraded to the status of feudal landlords?2022 April 13, Evgeny Morozov, “Critique of Techno-Feudal Reason”, in New Left Review, number 133/134, pages 89–126
Forms of rentier
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Origin of rentier
Borrowed from French rentier.
Words formed from rentier
Phrases with rentier
Questions about rentier
- What does rentier mean?
- Rentier means an individual who receives an income, usually interest, rent, dividends, capital gains, or profits from his or her assets and investments.
- What part of speech is rentier?
- Rentier is a noun.
- How do you pronounce rentier?
- Rentier is pronounced /ˈɹɒntɪeɪ/.
- What is the plural of rentier?
- The plural of rentier is rentiers.
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