rentes
- plural of rente.
Example Sentences
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Such a sum, in the hands of an ordinary Frenchwoman would never have remained on deposit for that length of time untouched, but, if not needed, would have been promptly invested in rentes.
From Louisiana Lou A Western Story by Winter, William West
Their annual payment of cens et rentes rarely amounted to more than a very few dollars.
From A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 by Wrong, George McKinnon
"Vous comptez vous faire des rentes sur l'etat; * you want to make something out of your company?"
From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
Cens, surcens and rentes due on real property of different kinds, houses, fields, meadows, etc., situated in the territory of the seigniory.
From The Ancient Regime by Durand, John
Reckoned in terms of present-day rentals, the cens et rentes amounted to half a dozen chickens or a bushel of grain for each fifty or sixty acres of land.
From Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 by Munro, William Bennett
