RENTER

renter

(noun) an owner of property who receives payment for its use by another person

tenant, renter

(noun) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

renter (plural renters)

One who rents property or other goods from another.

(legal) One who owns or controls property and rents that property to another.

(UK, slang) synonym of rent boy

Usage notes

Technically, in common legal usage, the term should refer only to the party who owns the property and allows another to rent it. The party paying for the use of the property is properly termed a rentee. However, common usage is to use the term to refer to the party paying for use of the property, and this usage has seeped into legal parlance as well.

Synonyms

• (one who rents property from another) lessee, tenant, rentee

• (one who rents property to another) lessor, landlord

Etymology 2

Verb

renter (third-person singular simple present renters, present participle rentering, simple past and past participle rentered)

to sew together so that the seam is scarcely visible; to sew up with skill and nicety; to finedraw.

to restore the original design of (a tapestry) by working in new warp.

Anagrams

• rerent

Source: Wiktionary

Rent"er (rnt"r), n.

Definition: One who rents or leases an estate; -- usually said of a lessee or tenant.

Ren"ter (rn"tr), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rentered (-trd); p. pr. & vb. n. Rentering.] Etym: [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.

2. To restore the original design of, by working in new warp; -- said with reference to tapestry.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition