rentier

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rentier

/ˈɹɒntɪeɪ/
/ɹɑ̃ˈtjeɪ/
/ɹɛnˈtɪɚ/
/ˈɹɛntɪɚ/

noun rentiers

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

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noun individual who receives capital income

Español	rentista
日本語	金利生活者 kinri seikatsusha, ランティエ rantie
中文	食利者 shílìzhě
Português	rentista
Français	rentier, rentière
Deutsch	Rentier, Rentière
Italiano	redditiere
Русский	рантье́ rantʹjé

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@misc{rentier_2026,
  title = {rentier},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rentier},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}