rentier
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹɒntɪeɪ/, /ɹɑ̃ˈtjeɪ/
Noun
rentier (plural rentiers)
- An individual who receives an income, usually interest, rent, dividends, capital gains, or profits from his or her assets and investments.
- 2022 April 13, Evgeny Morozov, “Critique of Techno-Feudal Reason”, in New Left Review, number 133/134, pages 89–126:
- If today’s capitalists are mere lazy rentiers who contribute nothing to the production process, don’t they deserve to be downgraded to the status of feudal landlords?
Derived terms
Translations
individual who receives capital income
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See also
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɑ̃.tje/
Further reading
- “rentier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɛn.tjɛr/
- Rhymes: -ɛntjɛr
- Syllabification: ren‧tier
Declension
Declension of rentier
singular | plural | |
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nominative | rentier | rentierzy/rentiery (deprecative) |
genitive | rentiera | rentierów |
dative | rentierowi | rentierom |
accusative | rentiera | rentierów |
instrumental | rentierem | rentierami |
locative | rentierze | rentierach |
vocative | rentierze | rentierzy |
Romanian
Declension
Declension of rentier
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