Definition of Rentiers

1. Noun. (plural of rentier) ¹

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Definition of Rentiers

1. rentier [n] - See also: rentier

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rentiers

rental income
rentals
rentback
rentboy
rentboys
rente
rented
rentee
rentees
renter
renterer
renterers
renters
rentes
rentier
rentiers (current term)
renting
rents
renumber
renumbered
renumberer
renumberers
renumbering
renumberings
renumbers
renumerate
renumerated
renumerates
renumerating
renumeration

Literary usage of Rentiers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Court of the Tuileries: From the Restoration to the Flight of Louis Philippe by Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1884)
"Feting the Hero—Clinging to Life—A Last Speech in the Chambers—The Cause of Misfortune—The Blessing of the rentiers —'Tell him I turn him out! ..."

2. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine by William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone (1853)
"... it may be convenient for him to carry out the intention now openly proclaimed by his subordinates, and extend the /rentiers of his Empire to the Rhine. ..."

3. Mute Magazine (2007)
"rentiers affect the struggle between capitalists and workers in complex and ... In Britain, for example, the rentiers sided with the capitalists for the ..."

4. The National System of Political Economy by Friedrich List (1885)
"... they are to be regarded in a great measure as mere domestic servants of the rentiers and public employes. In contrast to great luxury in those towns, ..."

5. The National System of Political Economy by Friedrich List (1904)
"... they are to be regarded in a great measure as mere domestic servants of the rentiers and public employes. In contrast to great luxury in those towns, ..."

6. The National System of Political Economy by Friedrich List (1916)
"... they are to be regarded in a great measure as mere domestic servants of the rentiers and public employes. In contrast to great luxury in those towns, ..."

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