Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
rent boy
rent control
rent-free
rent seeking
rent strike
rental
rental library
renter
rentier
renunciation
renvoi
reoffend
reopen
reorganise
reorganization
reorganize
reorient
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

rentier
ren·tier [ rón tyày, rawN tyáy ] (plural ren·tiers)


noun 
Definition:
 
somebody with unearned income: somebody whose income is primarily from rent and securities
[Mid-19th century. < French< rente (see rent1)]
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft