renter
Americannoun
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renters
plural
noun
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a person who lets his property in return for rent, esp a landlord
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a person who rents property from another; tenant
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a distributor of films to cinemas for commercial showing
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of renter
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at rent 1, -er 1
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Unlike other states, California requires that rental agencies wait to turn on GPS tracking until the vehicle return deadline has passed and the renter has been contacted by the company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
As renter candidates become more successful, tenant unions, which have often focused on pushing landlords for changes within their own buildings, expect to have more receptive partners in local, state and federal offices.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
She ran chiefly on her background as a renter who understood Seattle’s affordability crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
And it was a big change in renter protections.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Dad wouldn’t be able to use them, because he was dead, and the renter also pointed out that it would probably be nice to have things of his around.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
It leads by a large margin among those making less than $100,000 and renters, while trailing among the affluent and homeowners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
"We are renters and can get up and move, but the sense of stability this apartment gave us was everything to me."
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Walczak was commissioned by the Florida Housing Coalition, an affordable-housing organization, to analyze the impacts of Amendment 3 on renters.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Abascal, who died on Wednesday, became the symbol of a crisis that cuts across Spanish society: young and old, renters and buyers, workers and pensioners.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
He hoped Shell would rent it because the oil companies were always the best renters, never complaining about abrupt hikes, paying easily in American dollars so that nobody had to deal with the fluctuating naira.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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