rente

American  

[rahnt] / rɑ̃t /

noun

French.

plural

rentes

1. revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.

2. Also called rentes sur l'état.  rentes. perpetual bonds issued by the French government.

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rente British  

/ rɑ̃t /

noun

1. annual income from capital investment; annuity

2. government securities of certain countries, esp France

3. the interest on such securities

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Example Sentences

For whan he saugh that she ne mighte dwelle, Which that his soule out of his herte rente, 1700 With-outen more, out of the chaumbre he wente.

From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey

The Hungarian rente had at that time just been introduced into the market, and Mr. Dumany predicted for it a fair success.

From Dr. Dumany's Wife by Jókai, Mór

For catel hadde they y-nogh and rente, And eek hir wyves wolde it wel assente; And elles certain were they to blame.

From Chaucer and His Times by Hadow, Grace E.

He describes his income as "une fortune de 120,000 livres de rente," a little under £5000 a year.—

From The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France by Yonge, Charles Duke

Down to the present day the great majority of them continue to pay their rente constituee as did their fathers before them.

From The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism by Munro, William Bennett