MEANING
A person who lives largely on income from owned assets rather than current work.
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Words that belong together
- rentier class
- wealthy rentier
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The chapter contrasts industrial entrepreneurs with the rentier class.
Word forms
- Base
- rentier
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Usage notes
Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Singular rentier; plural rentiers. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, evaluation, business. Commonness: uncommon.
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