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noun

renter

noun
1
A person who pays to use someone else's property.
"Renters in the city are facing sharp price increases."
"The building has strict rules for renters about noise after 10pm."

How to Use Renter

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishSomeone who rents — usually a tenant, though it can also mean a landlord in some older usage.

Easily confused with
renta

Word Forms

rentered past tense, renters plural, renters singular

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_____ in the city are facing sharp price increases.

Etymology

From rent plus the agent suffix -er, "one who does the action."

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