rentier
An individual who receives an income, usually interest, rent, dividends, capital…An individual who receives an income, usually interest, rent, dividends, capital gains, or profits from his or her assets and investments.
» Algeria needs to transition from a rentier economy to an export-oriented market economy.
Meaning
1 sensesAn individual who receives an income, usually interest, rent, dividends, capital gains, or profits from his or her assets and investments.
Rentier, Rentière
рантье́rantʹjé
рантьє́rantʹjé
someone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investments
Examples
4 sentencesAlgeria needs to transition from a rentier economy to an export-oriented market economy.
Algeria has a rentier economy.
Algeria is a rentier state.
He lives like a rentier.
deEr lebt wie ein Rentier.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French rentier.Borrowed from French rentier.
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