rentier
pronunciation
How to pronounce rentier in British English:
UK [ˈrɒntieɪ]
How to pronounce rentier in American English:
US [ˈrɑntjeɪ]
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- Noun:
- someone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investments
Word Origin
- rentier (n.)
- 1847, from French rentier, "holder of rental properties or investments that pay income," from rente "profit, income" (see rent (n.1)).
Example
- 1. I would prefer being a rich wage slave to being a poor rentier .
- 2. After all , keynes talked about the " euthanasia of the rentier " .
- 3. A new rentier class is born and the economic problem , rather than be resolved , continues .
- 4. But as matters have turned out , the rentier interests mounted a counter-enlightenment to undermine the reforms that promised to liberate society from special privilege .
- 5. In this reading , the rentier class are just those who own enough licenses to cover all of their own license fees .