rentier
/rahn-tyey/US // rɑ̃ˈtyeɪ //UK // French (rɑ̃tje) //
年金领取者,年金领取人,年长者,年费者
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural ren·tiers [rahn-tyey]. /rɑ̃ˈtyeɪ/. French.
- : a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
Examples
Next, add the vices of a rentier state: laziness, irresponsibility, a sense of entitlement, and ignorance.
But did you see in the paper that he was put down as rentier?
Du Maurier's father was a small rentier, deriving his income from the family glass-works in Anjou.
The one who has a perpetual income from bonds or rents is called a rentier.
Richter was a wealthy rentier, living in Vienna; and a thorough Austrian by birth, education, and nature.
My French friends wanted to talk of the "Psychology of the Rentier."
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