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Meaning of rentier | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈɹɒntɪeɪ/

Definitions

An individual who receives an income, usually interest, rent, dividends, capital gains, or profits from his or her assets and investments.

Equivalents

Čeština rentiér
Deutsch Rentier Rentiere
Español rentista
Français rentier rentière
Italiano redditiere
Nederlands rentenier
Português rentista
Русский рантье
Türkçe rantiye

Examples

“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?”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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