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RENTIER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rentier mean?
• RENTIER (noun)
The noun RENTIER has 1 sense:
1. someone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investments
Familiarity information: RENTIER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investments
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("rentier" is a kind of...):
investor (someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns)
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