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noun
One who rents property or other goods from another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: lessee, tenant, rentee
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noun
One who owns or controls property and rents that property to another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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Synonyms: lessor, landlord, rentor
Antonyms: none provided
noun
(Synonym of rent boy) Male prostitute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, slang
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noun
A film worth renting, but not possibly worth visiting a cinema to see.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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verb
To sew together so that the seam is scarcely visible; to sew up with skill and nicety; to finedraw.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To restore the original design of (a tapestry) by working in new warp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
an owner of property who receives payment for its use by another person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: owner, proprietor
noun
someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: tenant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: payer, remunerator
Narrower terms: leaseholder, lessee, lodger, boarder, roomer
History
Etymology tree English rent Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English renter From rent + -er.
Borrowed from French rentraire; Latin prefix re- (“re-”) + in (“into, in”) + trahere (“to draw”).
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
