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RENTER (renter)

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Dictionary entry overview: What does renter mean?

• RENTER (noun)
The noun RENTER has 2 senses:

1. someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
2. an owner who receives payment for the use of their property by another

Familiarity information: RENTER used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• RENTER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

renter; tenant

Context example:

the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent

Hypernyms ("renter" is a kind of...):

payer; remunerator (a person who pays money for something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "renter"):

leaseholder; lessee (a tenant who holds a lease)

boarder; lodger; roomer (a tenant in someone's house)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

An owner who receives payment for the use of their property by another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("renter" is a kind of...):

owner; proprietor ((law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business)

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