renter

4 definitions found

renter - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

renter - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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, renter]
      2: an owner of property who receives payment for its use by
         another person

renter - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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