Renter

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Renter \Rent"er\ (r?nt"?r), n.
     One who rents or leases an estate; -- usually said of a
     lessee or tenant.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Renter \Ren"ter\ (r?n"t?r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rentered}
     (-t?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rentering}.] [F. rentraire; L.
     pref. re- re- + in into, in + trahere to draw.]
     1. To sew together so that the seam is scarcely visible; to
        sew up with skill and nicety; to finedraw.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To restore the original design of, by working in new warp;
        -- said with reference to tapestry.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  renter
       n 1: someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car
            that is owned by someone else; "the landlord can evict a
            tenant who doesn't pay the rent" [syn: {tenant}]
       2: an owner who receives payment for the use of their property
          by another

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "renter":
     board-and-roomer, boarder, hirer, homesteader, incumbent,
     leaseholder, lessee, lodger, occupant, occupier, paying guest,
     resident, roomer, squatter, sublessee, subtenant, tenant,
     tenant at sufferance, tenant for life, transient, transient guest,
     underlessee