rente
Americannoun
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revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
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Also called rentes sur l'état. rentes. perpetual bonds issued by the French government.
noun
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annual income from capital investment; annuity
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government securities of certain countries, esp France
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the interest on such securities
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Lafitte, Sur la Réduction de la Rente, 56.
From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Roscher, Wilhelm
Rente, name given to the French funds, or income derivable from them.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
A Receipt for his Rente at Publoe, 3. 8bris & 11 Dec.,
From Notes and Queries, Number 78, April 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
What puzzles us is, that the Rente is at 53—why then was this new loan issued at 42?
From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry
Rente he regards as an agency regulating distribution, and requiring to be constantly checked.
From War-Time Financial Problems by Withers, Hartley
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