renter

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/ ˈrɛn tər /

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noun

a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.

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Origin of renter

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at rent¹, -er¹

Words nearby renter

rental collection, rental library, rent boy, rent control, rente, renter, rent-free, rentier, Renton, rent party, rent-roll

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How to use renter in a sentence

Critics of the system argue that such entrenched practices make it all but impossible for renters who have gone through eviction to later secure stable housing.
The stimulus relieved short-term pain, but eviction’s impact is a long haul|Kyle Swenson|February 8, 2021|Washington Post
Homeowners’ median wealth is nearly 90 times that of renters, in large part due to home equity.
Covid-19 caused a recession. So why did the housing market boom?|Jerusalem Demsas|February 5, 2021|Vox
“I always say that renters come to our co-living buildings for lower prices and convenience, and they stay for the community,” says Rodriguez.
The Surprising Boom in Pandemic Co-Living|Charu Kasturi|February 4, 2021|Ozy
Customers pick out a home and Divvy purchases it on their behalf with the renter contributing an initial 1-2 percent of the home value.
Divvy Homes secures $110M Series C to help renters become homeowners|Mary Ann Azevedo|February 2, 2021|TechCrunch

Locally, the San Diego City Council extended an eviction moratorium for renters and small businesses under ordinances proposed last week by Mayor Todd Gloria.
San Diegans Are Drowning in Water Debt During COVID-19|MacKenzie Elmer|January 27, 2021|Voice of San Diego
That number still remains below 2000 levels, with renter income falling an even steeper 13 percent.
The Rent Bubble Is Going to Blow Up Across the Country|John Surico|April 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Another renter in talks for another million-dollar rental is "in finance," according to one broker.
Hamptons Summer Rentals top $1 million|CNBC|May 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The renter proved an indifferent farmer, and the rent scarcely sufficed to pay the taxes and winter the cattle.
Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler|Pardee Butler
At the end of five years, in 1894, having saved his earnings, he began farming for himself on a small scale as a renter.
Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 (of 2)|William Denison Lyman
He thus worked for eleven years in order to gain a start, after which he began farming on his own account as a renter.
Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 (of 2)|William Denison Lyman
A law that will allow no renter to make money off a house that is not decent to shelter human beings.'
Mary Ware's Promised Land|Annie Fellows Johnston
And yet, during those last weeks at Elkhorn, he was not at all sure that he wished to renter the turmoil.
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands|H. Hagedorn.

British Dictionary definitions for renter

renter

/ (ˈrɛntə) /

noun

a person who lets his property in return for rent, esp a landlord

a person who rents property from another; tenant

a distributor of films to cinemas for commercial showing

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