rentee

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noun

One who rents (property, etc.) from somebody.

Scrabble 6

Meanings

nounrentee (plural rentees)

plural rentees

  1. rareOne who rents (property, etc.) from somebody.

    Where such alarm systems do not exist, it is recommended that a private security force be hired by the rentee.

    1978, John Greenhalgh, Practitioner's Guide to School Business Management, Allyn and Bacon, →ISBN, page 233
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    The land should, when procurable on such terms, be rented from the Zemindar, or the person to whom it has been let; and the rentee should engage to plough, and sow the land and reap the crop, […]

    1840, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Papers on the Cultivation of Cotton in India, London, page 62

    These automobiles will be covered for the three excluded perils, if loss is caused by the lessee or the rentee.

    1989, Harry F. Brooks, Donald S. Malecki, Insuring the Lease Exposure, Cincinnati, OH: National Underwriter Co., →ISBN, page 116

    Synonyms: lessee, renter

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nounOne who rents (property, etc.) from somebody.

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