rentier
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
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Next, add the vices of a rentier state: laziness, irresponsibility, a sense of entitlement, and ignorance.
It’s Not the USA that Made Libya the Disaster it is Today | Ann Marlowe | August 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut did you see in the paper that he was put down as rentier?
Plays--First Series | August StrindbergDu Maurier's father was a small rentier, deriving his income from the family glass-works in Anjou.
George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians | T. Martin WoodThe one who has a perpetual income from bonds or rents is called a rentier.
The Principles of Economics | Frank A. FetterRichter was a wealthy rentier, living in Vienna; and a thorough Austrian by birth, education, and nature.
My French friends wanted to talk of the "Psychology of the rentier."
War and the Future | H. G. Wells
British Dictionary definitions for rentier
/ French (rɑ̃tje) /
a person whose income consists primarily of fixed unearned amounts, such as rent or bond interest
(as modifier): the rentier class
Origin of rentier
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