renter

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
noun an owner of property who receives payment for its use by another person

From rent + -er.

The renters never waited long in Mr. Robinson's presence when their business was ended. — Shapes that Haunt the Dusk, Unknown
I'd stayed a renter, however, passing up the "low" insider price, $138,000, because I didn't really have the money, and when I did have it someday I would want something bigger. — Life Blood, Thomas Hoover
I shall be 'retired for age,' and leave Trieste for ever with my mental eye upon a flat in London which can be locked up at a moment's notice when the renter wants to go abroad. — The Life of Sir Richard Burton, Thomas Wright

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