rentier

American  

[rahn-tyey] / rɑ̃ˈtyeɪ /

noun

French.

plural

rentiers

1. a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.

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rentier British  

/ rɑ̃tje /

noun

1. 1. a person whose income consists primarily of fixed unearned amounts, such as rent or bond interest

   2. ( as modifier )

      the rentier class

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Etymology

Origin of rentier

from rente ; see _rent ¹

Example Sentences

Pinar Giritlioglu, the Istanbul head of the Chamber of City Planners, said: "Unfortunately, the rentier system instead of science continues to rule everything."

From Reuters • Feb. 20, 2023

The high interest rates on bank deposits encouraged a rentier economy that disincentivized investment in industry and agriculture.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2021

John Steinbeck’s great Dust Bowl novel, “The Grapes of Wrath,” does an excellent job explicating how a financier-promoted rentier society spurred the mass exodus of Oklahomans post–Dust Bowl that resulted in death, loss and exploitation.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2019

What I would like to take up is Adam Smith views on the rentier class, which, for me at least, is a far more intellectually interesting topic than Keynesianism versus… SSVE.

From Forbes • Aug. 26, 2014

For a man to have his name on the Grand Livre is to constitute him what is called a rentier, rentes being the French word for dividends from the public funds.

From France in the Nineteenth Century by Latimer, Elizabeth